New Product Launches

Dial commemorates its 65th anniversary this summer with the Dial $65K Gold Giveaway, a $65,000 sweepstakes in honor of the brand's golden heritage.

After a nationwide Facebook search, the company selects winners to celebrate its award-winning Arm & Hammer Diaper Pail's odor controlling powers.

Celebrity chef, Vintner and specialty foods pioneer Michael Chiarello and Americas cookie queen Debbi Fields, with branding expert Chris Cornyn serve as mentors for aspiring home chefs competing to win product placement on supermarket shelves nationwide.

Oscar Mayer brand launches its first-ever Wienermobile Run program, giving fans unprecedented access to the most popular and longest running mobile marketing tour in America.

The company names David Denholm as president and chief operating officer and Peter McGuinness as chief marketing and brand officer.

Company CEO Ken Powell, shares the innovation-fueled plans for growth including more than 200 new items being introduced worldwide in the first half of the year alone.

K'NEX partners with Export Now with plans to launch new products to the China market on a quarterly basis.

As we enter the second half of the year, the editors of CGT revisited the headiness that you read most. What do they tell us? You love a good list, especially if it predicts consumer trends OR ranks competitive products. Let us know what you think of these articles in retrospect. Did market predictions made ring true? Do the leading products still lead? Did key consumer trends take off or taper off? And what do you expect in the second half of 2013?