Nearly 1,900 new products hit retail shelves across the United States in 2011/12. Yet, only 11 percent of those launches achieved exceptional first-year sales. Here's a look at the top 20 products, including Dannon Oikos and Starbucks K-Cups, that beat daunting new product odds and stimulated growth despite a challenging economic environment.
With its recent acquisitions of three major regional brands and distribution networks within the past 24 months, Utz realized it needed to reassess its existing wide area voice and data networking infrastructure.
Nutrisystem logged revenue declines, from $509.5 million in 2010 to $401.4 million in 2011, due to lower than average sales prices and fewer customer starts. The new retail push is expected to reach new customers.
Chiquita has chosen to house its business-critical information, including shipping, accounts payable and receivable, production, and distribution data for its global operations, within Peak 10s new 14,000-square-foot-facility in North Charlotte.
To celebrate the nationwide launch, Haagen-Dazs Gelato will be featured in television, print and digital advertising as well as public relations, point of sale materials and a social media-driven consumer promotion.
Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. rolls out beverage innovations with entries into new categories, beer and cider, and providing new ways for consumers to enjoy mike's hard lemonade flavors.
CGT invited leading technology providers to showcase new solutions that promise to reinvigorate strategic IT initiatives in your supply chain, sales and marketing or innovation organizations.
The Walmart Sales Category Strategy and Insights Team at The Hershey Company was spending an inordinate amount of time manually generating product orders. Here's how they solved the problem.
