Sales & Marketing

The merger will create an organization of approximately 690 grocery stores and 63,000 employees in eight states throughout the southeastern United States.

President and CEO of GS1 US, Bob Carpenter believes that the new executives expertise will strengthen GS1s ability to bring communities together to foster supply chain collaboration across many industry sectors.

The new member comes to the Jones Soda Board from companies such as Altria Group, Kraft Foods and General Foods among others.

The Brookside product line is primarily sold in the U.S. and Canada, and annual net sales of the business are approximately $85 million Canadian dollars.

2011 has been an exciting and transformational year in the consumer goods industry. Here, we revisit a handful of the biggest news stories from Walmart's decision to finally share POS data to Kraft Foods big split which will undoubtedly have a continuing impact on the state of the industry.

Beauty isn't everything. But don't tell that to this group of companies, who are making steady sales gains with innovative health and beauty products and business strategies.

Store closings slowed in 2010 compared in 2009 with most retailers executing growth strategies to match a new kind of consumer. Walmart, for example, is now banking on a new store format to boost sales.