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Nestle Water will use a new mobile-based platform in Beijing and Shanghai that connects sales teams to information such as replenishment and promotions in real time from any location, via smartphone providers.

The global brewer will expand its implementation of transportation and logistics management solutions based on successful roll outs in key regions.

Gartners Supply Chain Top 25 list for 2012 includes eight pure play consumer goods companies. Some are perennial leaders, like P&G. Others climbed the ranks with impressive supply chain transformations. Unilever, for example, broke into the top 10 this year, and Kimberly-Clark made its debut at No. 25.

Adam Kmiec will be responsible for leading a global digital marketing and social media strategy that encompasses both consumer-facing communications and corporate initiatives.

Multi-award-winning Hollywood Producer and digital marketing expert Van Vandegrift will headline the 2012 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing and reveal how major brand owners are successfully executing online campaigns to win at the shelf.

Did you know that only 17 percent of Facebook members reside in the United States? That means that consumer goods brands must move their digital reach into global markets to capture the other 83 percent. Heres a look at which consumer goods brands already lead in Facebooks top 10 countries.

In a final letter to the Avon Products, Inc. Board of Directors, Coty Inc. states that it is withdrawing its $10.7 billion offer, concluding its high-profile effort to take over a larger rival.