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The new offering complements the existing Connected Customer suite by enabling FMCG brands and retailers to encourage customer purchasing across social, digital and printed channels.

A forward-thinking, business-savvy Chief Information Officer is critical to the competitive consumer goods company, particularly over the last few years as new technologies have changed the game. To honor the modern IT leader, CGT introduced its very first CIO of the Year Award in 2013. Read on to meet the finalists and winner.

Year after year, CGT recognizes a elite few consumer goods companies for unmatched, transformational business and technology initiatives in the areas of supply chain, customer management and mid-market growth. Get to know the 2013 winners here.

This follows Walmarts announcement in September to move 35,000 associates from temporary to part time and another 35,000 associates from part time to full time by the end of the year.

To succeed in creating effective predictive analytics models that generate actionable findings, consumer goods organizations need to develop a strategy that ties the technology to business operations in a more pervasive and comprehensive approach throughout the enterprise. Here, experts from Accenture and SAP reveal how to get closer to the customer through effective predictive analytics.

Weight Watchers names an new President, North America and Chief Technology Officer, bringing consumer products and IT experience from companies like Heineken USA and IBM.

The Award was created to recognize exceptional brands making international sustainability strides in five categories including Green Formulations, Sustainable Packaging, Sustainable Ingredient, Sustainability Pioneer and Sustainability Leadership.

Reckitt Benckiser Group LLC (RB) analyzed sales before and after the placement of consumer generated video for eight of its brands on a major retailers e-commerce operation.