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While Shoes.com has been a beneficial part of the company, leadership believes now is the right time to focus its attention on Famous.com and its branded wholesale e-commerce sites.

Veteran footwear and apparel executive Gregg Ribatt has been named CEO of Crocs, Inc. and is expected to join the company in late January 2015.

?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.

CGT honors Clive Sirkin, Chief Marketing Officer for Kimberly-Clark Corp., for making a demonstrable impact on his organization through the implementation and successful use of new marketing strategies, technologies and processes.

CGT honors Kellogg Company for the successful integration of Pringles, a large, strategic product/brand acquisition, into the company's ERP backbone.

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.

CGT honors David Stahl, Chief Information Officer for the company formerly known as Hillshire Brands (now part of Tyson Foods) for making a demonstrable business impact in his organization through the implementation and successful use of technology.

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.