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CGT announced the winners of its annual Business & Technology Leadership Awards during an awards ceremony at the 2015 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference. The awards recognize consumer goods companies for transformational business and technology initiatives in the areas of supply chain, customer management and mid-market growth.

Presented at the 2015 Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference, the award honors the Chief Information Officer who has made the largest demonstrable business impact within his or her consumer goods organization through the implementation and successful use of technology.

Bayer Consumer Care, Whippany, New Jersey. Scott Traister was recently promoted to the position of manager, shopper insights.

Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to buy its main rival SABMiller for $104 billion, creating a super brewery with sales of $55 billion. Find out the details of this potential mega-deal, which, if completed, would be among the top five acquisitions of all time.

Find out what new smart technology innovation ensures Californian consumers will never run out of beer again.

The Board of SABMiller plc has rejected Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposal of GBP 42.15 per share in cash, with a partial share alternative. Find out AB InBev's response to this turn of events.

Nestl and R&R are in advanced discussions to set up a new joint ice cream venture. Find out more about the discussions and what both brands bring to the table.

The report tracks momentum against more than 30 nutrition, health and wellness, sustainability and social impact commitments, and highlights more than 1,000 product reformulations.