Food

The candidate will succeed CFO Tim McLevish in Q1 2014, and brings a wealth of consumer packaged goods experience, having worked for nearly 20 years at Procter & Gamble.

With the retirement of Pradeep Pant at year-end, Mondelez names a new candidate for Asia Pacific and EEMEA, as well as a new EVP and President, Europe.

In this new role, Paul Norman will be responsible for helping develop Kellogg Companys long-term category strategies, including driving scalable, consumer-driven brand-building and breakthrough innovation.

Unilever announces the opening of a new ice cream factory in Konya, Turkey; following an investment of over 95 million.

The appointment follows the planned retirement of Ira J. Lamel as Chief Financial Officer, that was previously announced on September 5, 2012.

The J. M. Smucker Company completes an acquisition of Enray Inc., a privately-held manufacturer and marketer of premium organic, gluten-free ancient grain products.

Diamonds CEO states that the proposed settlement eliminates the burden of further time, expense and risk related to the class action, allowing the Diamond team to focus on growth.

Either through specialized expertise in stores, like lululemon and Under Armour, or by ease of access to a wide variety of products, like Amazon, this year's fastest-growing retailers are going beyond function to a more emotional connection as the key to rapid growth.