Sales & Marketing

CGT's exciting awards season came to a close this Fall. Let us introduce you to the finalists and winners in six award categories, including our very first CIO of the Year.

The Celestial Seasonings brand offers six handcrafted, all-natural holiday teas that capture the traditional flavors of the season.

Booz & Company recently conducted the bi-annual refresh of its Customer Planning and Trade Spend study, revealing that a majority of consumer goods companies believe they spend too many resources on trade promotion management and are unhappy with the quality of the tools/systems available to manage investments. Executives from Kimberly-Clark, Kraft Foods and McCormick & Company discuss the pain points, best practices and tips for better efficiency in customer planning and trade spend.

We have heard the argument by some consumer goods manufacturers that direct-to-consumer e-commerce will upset their retailer. This is changing. The Apparel & Footwear sector moved beyond this argument, and other sectors are soon to change the dynamic as well. Whether they open their own stores, follow China's model of a store-within-a-store, sell via Amazon or direct-to-consumer via web sites, change is upon us.

Oberto brands reveals its new packaging and branding for its popular premium jerky line.

The new campaign focuses on the brand's iconic, yet evolving image and continued partnership with stylist and fashion icon, Rachel Zoe.

The new web site is designed to provide visitors with quick and easy access to tools and information about Snyder's-Lance.

Post announces two unrelated transactions to acquire Golden Boy Foods and Dymatize Enterprises, to expand into the private label and active nutrition categories.