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PVH Europe will implement the full Centric 8 PLM software suite and mobile apps across all Tommy Hilfiger Europe brands, categories and lines.

BISSELL uses a solution from PTC to enable digital collaboration and product development across its entire engineering organization worldwide.

Dean realizes benefits including increased collaboration among the company's IT and Internal Audit departments, and cutting technology licensing and third-party audit costs by 50 percent.

The cloud technology platform from GT Nexus is expected to help P&G manage inventory flows and transportation between supply and demand points on a global scale.

The former Unilever executive brings extensive experience in business operations, change management, IT and systems implementations, in addition to deep CPG experience.

The new cloud-enabled solution is expected to address challenges in the Retail and Consumer Goods industries.

Global spending on big data by organizations will exceed $31 billion in 2013, finds a new market forecast by ABI Research. Interestingly, significant overspending is on salaries, as organizations turn to data scientists and other specialists to leverage big data in the first place.

Fred Schroeder, president, Adesso Solutions, offers realistic tips for small to mid-sized consumer goods manufacturers who want to conquer the seemingly impossible task of achieving trade promotion effectiveness.