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Energizer will equip its field team with a mobile field force application with advanced capabilities for multi-location audits, branch-logic surveys, photo management and in-store selling.

The retailing powerhouse is the latest to explore the still emerging technology with test markets throughout the U.S., with an eye toward a chain-wide roll out.

Mondelez International is investing more than $130 million in its North American biscuits business to modernize its manufacturing assets and processes and create a global integrated supply chain. This investment will fund the installation of four state-of-the-art manufacturing lines at the company's Americas production facility in Salinas, Mexico, to be completed by mid-2016.

Diamond Foods, Inc. has opened a new 7,000-square-foot innovation center adjacent to the Kettle Brand potato chip facility. The innovation center will drive new product offerings for Diamond's entire family of brands.

PepsiCos research and development used to be focused on brand refreshes but were now working with a whole new strategy that is paying off in buckets, says its global R&D head.

The collaboration between the CPG and retailer, aims to engage consumers with the brands they know, while empowering them to make a difference through a sustainable international development model.

The chief executive of Heineken, the world's third largest brewer, told CNBC that he expected to see continued sales growth in emerging markets, despite the occasional "hiccup" in the future. Heineken reported higher first-half results than markets expected as it increased profit in all regions except Africa.