Product Innovation

While General Mills is well-known around the world for its familiar products available on grocery store shelves, it's a lesser known fact that one of its key businesses is the Convenience & Foodservice division, which is focusing on bringing innovative new products to key growth channels.

These launches are being supported by a significant increase in marketing focused on relevant social engagement with consumers and memorable campaigns.

A new list of The Worlds 50 Most Innovate Companies features widely recognized global brand names, like Nike and Levi Strauss, alongside small companies that are only now known in their countries of origin. Find out why these 13 consumer goods companies made the list.

The new CIO is a seasoned veteran of the information technology business, joining Nike most recently from Barclays Bank and Wells Fargo.

A poll of more than 95,000 Canadians reveal that the most-trusted CPG brands for across 60 categories consist of household names like Kellogg, Dove, Colgate and more. Consumers reasons for citing a brand as their most trusted vary by category, for example, taste drives which food brands are most trusted, while kids brands need to guarantee gentleness. Find out which other brands made this list and why.

Del Monte plans to realize several benefits from the Kenandy deployment at Natural Balance, including better visibility through a single source of data and the elimination of many manual processes.

Through this partnership, Unilever U.S. will be the sponsor of the 2014 CFMM capstone research project and presentation.

The global leader brings over twenty years of marketing and business expertise to HEINEKEN USA's portfolio from starting his career in marketing and innovation roles at Unilever.