The prospect of a continuing recovery is good. Brand-oriented manufacturing firms -- those selling branded goods and serving consumer markets -- are optimistic but cautious, ready to grow again and looking for guidance on the cadence of growth. Click here for IDC Manufacturing Insights 10 predictions for this market in 2011.
This index is a grand summation of the effort by BACARDI to get people thinking about how they prioritize their time and how social life affects general well-being.
The New Year is here and with overall economic growth predicted to be less than 4 percent, lean marketing budgets will continue to be the trend for consumer goods marketers.
The last two years were tough ones for retailers, and many fell by the wayside. But things are looking up. A new study reports that for the first time since 2007, retailers are expanding store count and headcount. Plus, they are looking to transform business with new technologies, like cloud-based computing and virtualization. Heres what you can expect from your customers in the year ahead.
Winning at the shelf is all about ensuring consumers can quickly find their brands at just the right time and price. Winning is also about leveraging the right technologies to make that happen. The time and price are ideal right now for Cloud Computing. Kevin Tigges, Microsofts U.S. consumer goods industry solutions director, discusses with CGT why this new technology is gaining momentum.
