Supply Chain & Merchandising

This new proposal comes just days after Tyson Foods Inc.'s competing offer for Hillshire, which exceeded Pilgrim's Pride's initial offer of $6.4 billion at a total value of $6.8 billion.

This agreement represents a shift in Coty's go-to-market strategy for brands sold through the mass distribution channel in China, by allowing Coty to leverage Li & Fung's broad distribution network in that channel.

This 10th anual list from Gartner, Inc. features several longtime leaders with new lessons to share and a number of more recent entrants from the high-tech, consumer product and industrial sectors.

Kellogg will use APTs cloud-based Test & Learn software to evaluate initiatives in merchandising, product, pricing and operations.

Valued at $6.8 billion, the deal is another alternative to a recently proposed offer from Pilgrims Pride, and is also subject to the termination of Hillshire's previous merger agreement with Pinnacle.

CGT proudly presents its newest class of Visionaries; 11 consumer goods professionals who are shaping the future of their companies with unprecedented business and technology initiatives.

Everything around you is in a constant state of change. Technology has catapulted the way retailers and suppliers provide products to the consumer, requiring them to look at their businesses differently almost on an hourly basis. Britt Fogg, CEO, president and founder of Shiloh Technologies, a division of SPI, gave us his insights around the speed of change in the retailer/supplier industry.

The new CEO previously served as chief executive of AdvancePierre Foods and president of Pinnacle.