Technology

An audit of 100 national retailers tracks phenomenal growth of Facebook as a platform for branding and social promotions. Case in point: Retailers with 1 million or more likers averaged nearly 40 percent growth between mid-July and mid-September in 2010. Click here to learn more about this audit.

The beauty company acquires a cosmetic producer in Germany in order to further its expansion in color cosmetics.

A new CEO takes helm of the maker of household paper goods from 100 percent recycled paper.

The new successor most recently served as senior vice president of Finance for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated.

Nestle aims to back its drive in technology by launching a new application for iPads and iPhones.

As a leading innovative company that produces products across diverse markets, 3M needed an operating system that allowed its employees to be productive, while at the same time tightening network security and reducing costs of PC management.

The fashion and beauty brand uses a solution to store all of its U.S. customer data generated from every touch-point. As a result, Dior achieved a double digit increase in response to its Fall/Winter catalog versus the previous season's mailer.

The cash merger, which is expected to close in early 2011, will create a potent combination of CRM and cross-channel commerce.