Internet of Things (IoT)

More than 200 executives from leading consumer goods and retail organizations worked together to focus on how the industry can bring benefits to consumers through collaborative initiatives. The effort was triggered by the significant changes in society, consumer behavior, the environment and technology. In the end, two megatrends and three action plans emerged.

American Greetings is recognized for demonstrating leadership in brand protection, online security, and privacy best practices.

Mark Osborn, global lead, Consumer Products Industry Marketing, SAP, provides a snapshot of the complex future consumer and realistic recommendations for turning him or her into your brand advocate.

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

With its recent acquisitions of three major regional brands and distribution networks within the past 24 months, Utz realized it needed to reassess its existing wide area voice and data networking infrastructure.

Two years ago, K'NEX started the construction of an internal intranet that would control the majority of product-related data across all departments. Find out what the K.I.I.D. system looks like today.

GE will open thousands of its most promising patents and new technologies to the Quirky community for the development of new consumer products.