Technology

McKee Foods sought to improve sales planning and forecasting processes. The solution it found will ensure their entire business team and DSD distribution network has a more streamlined process with access to better real-time information.

Avocados From Mexico, Dallas. The following have been voted to the new AFM board of directors: Mike Browne, chairman; Antonio Villasenor, vice chair; Ricardo Vega, treasurer; Martin Mendoza, director; Ramon Paz, director; Gary Caloroso, director; Armando Lopez, director; and Ron Campbell, director.

The TerraCycle business model was born from the idea that if you could find a way to make high-quality affordable consumer products from waste, you could create a business with two revenue streams. In other words,get paid to collect material, and get paid for the resulting product or recycled commodity you create from that material. With its business model in tact, but no ability to spend money on paid advertising, TerraCycle had to approach marketing in a unique way since the very early days. In this month's cover story, TerraCycle divulges its recipe for marketing success without a budget.

With recent marketing wins, King's Hawaiian began to look for ways to further capitalize on opportunities beyond the shelf, as well as expand its brand throughout the United States.

Anthony Bigornia, director, Global Consumer Products Industry Solutions and IBM Industry Academy Member, explains how consumer goods companies can leverage hyper-local external data for growth.

Walmart is making moves to test drone delivery. Find out what the mega retailer wants to deliver.

New Partners Deliver Digital Shopper Solution. News America Marketing, New York, has partnered with Boston-based programmatic advertising solution provider OwnerIQ on the release of a new product the two companies say is a powerful combination of geo-scoring and shopper data that is unique in the industry. 

Total Gym identified its phone communications and customer relationships as its greatest strength and wanted to find a way to bring this experience online, by using a new solution to identify shopper preferences and incorporate the latest e-commerce best practices.