Product Innovation

Go behind the scenes at this second annual event, during which consumer goods companies at all levels in global expansion engaged in high-level discussions about achieving profitable growth in the most sustainable manner in emerging economies.

This month, CGT and EdgeVerve examine the consumer goods industry's approach to emerging markets to understand the current status of initiatives and explore approaches to operating models and technology.

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.

To help executives stay informed about their opportunity and investment options, CGT invites leading solution providers to showcase new technologies that promise to support strategic business and IT initiatives within consumer goods organizations.

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A comprehensive listing of technologysolution providers that help facilitate newproduct development, launch and more.

Have you ever wanted to be on a game show? Well, members of the consumer goods (CG) community had the chance! Just like the famous Family Feud game show, during the 17th annual Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference, attendees had the opportunity to be part of a "family" to compete and win on pop culture questions. So, who won bragging rights during the charity event debut? Read on to find out!

OREO Colorfilled allows shoppers to personalize OREO cookie wrappers this holiday season, supporting Mondelez International's Strategy to Grow E-Commerce Revenues to $1 billion by 2020.

Lack of infrastructure, unfriendly environmental conditions and a shortage of skilled labor, are just some of the obstacles consumer goods (CG) companies face when expanding into new geographies. However, leading CG companies are taking advantage of this opportunity by leveraging innovative technology solutions to increase sales by up to 8 percent, reach customers much faster and reduce ordering costs by nearly 80 percent. Heres how they do it.