Supply Chain

Consumer goods sales and marketing services provider Acosta will acquire Impact Group, a sales and marketing agency with a national presence and local market expertise in natural, specialty, ethnic and emerging brands.

Clarkston Consulting has become a member of supply chain solution provider Logility’s global partner ecosystem.

For Mondelez, revenue growth management isn’t just a tool in the inflation-battling toolbox, it’s the rocket fuel for its entire operations.

While it’s unclear how much of the pandemic-prompted digital disruption has staying power, it’s safe to say consumers have gotten a taste of the potential of tech-enabled convenience, and they like what they see. We chatted with ChannelAdvisor's Mike Shapaker about the brands giving third-party marketplaces a second look, the e-comm metrics that should live on their dashboards, and the technologies we should all have on our radars.

The new agreement is expected to enable the cereal and prepared foods provider to streamline customs compliance and cross-border logistics while gaining shipment visibility and control.

This glass innovation will help to reduce the weight of AB InBev’s standard longneck beer bottle from 180 to 150 grams, cutting its CO2 emissions by 17% per bottle.

Unilever is launching its first paper-based laundry bottle, developed as part of its participation in the Pulpex consortium.

Supply chain consultancy Spinnaker SCA, has teamed with o9 Solutions, a provider of integrated business planning solutions leveraging artificial intelligence.