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As we enter the second half of the year, the editors of CGT revisited the headiness that you read most. What do they tell us? You love a good list, especially if it predicts consumer trends OR ranks competitive products. Let us know what you think of these articles in retrospect. Did market predictions made ring true? Do the leading products still lead? Did key consumer trends take off or taper off? And what do you expect in the second half of 2013?

Company CEO Ken Powell, shares the innovation-fueled plans for growth including more than 200 new items being introduced worldwide in the first half of the year alone.

The new SVP, Gobal R&D, joins Campbell with more than 20 years of experience from companies including PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble.

After a successful U.S. roll out, this breakthrough initiative aims to activate new mobile technologies and ignite cultural change in Brazil in just 90 days.

A whopping 52 percent of U.S. consumers are buying directly online from brands they trust, proving that CPG companies now have far greater opportunities to walk alongside shoppers. Experts from Hershey, GMA and PwC weigh in on how digital channels, mobile adoption and D2C are rewriting the rules of retailing and CPG manufacturing.

The brands collaborate on the KitchenAid Soda Maker "Powered by SodaStream".

David Roth and Rick Bacher of Get Stirred Up, will be in charge of providing a full suite of brand management and design services -- from positioning to package design, website redesign and in-store and online marketing.

Reckitt Benckiser unveils its innovative water footprint measurement approach and how it helps people improve their health and hygiene as part of betterbusiness, its new sustainability strategy.