Beverages

Julie Hamilton will lead a worldwide organization responsible for growing sales and profits with more than 20 million customers who serve Coca-Cola beverages to 1.9 billion consumers a day in more than 200 countries.

?Changing consumer preferences, market predictions and big data dominated as conversations within the CGT community in 2014, alongside longstanding favorites, including TPM and anything to do with P&G. Before the hustle and bustle of the New Year begins, take a moment reminisce about the trends and challenges we faced in 2014.

From acquisitions and divestitures to name changes and new leadership appointments, 2013 was full of memorable moments. This annual list of the top publicly traded consumer goods companies provides a snapshot of organizations that succeeded in upping their growth games.

Analysts Alexia Howard and April Scee weigh in on the hottest consumer trends, the rise of niche brands and future M&A activity.

CGT honors Suja Juice for implementing a mobile solution that enables merchandising to gather valuable real-time data in retail stores about out-of-stocks, shelf space and competitor activity.

The acquisition of Bevyz adds unique and complementary technology and research and development capabilities as Keurig Green Mountain gears up to launch its Keurig Cold platform in the fall of 2015.

With a Symphony EYC solution, the Talking Rain category management, marketing and sales teams are expected to provide retailers with insights around how to best assort and merchandise the emerging enhanced water category.

The new, licensed Community coffee K-Cup packs plan to launch in spring 2015 with extensions into K-Carafe packs for the Keurig 2.0 brewing system and Bolt packs for the Keurig BOLT Carafe Brewing System in the future.