Sales & Marketing

The introduction of the Lancaster brand marks a significant milestone for The Hershey Company, and is inspired by Milton Hershey's original confection company, The Lancaster Caramel Company.

If consumers dont trust how your product is represented digitally, they are not purchasing it. Adhering to GS1 standards and investing in proper distribution of your product data can help close the loop with the new wave of retail consumers.

TABS Group will provide a suite of services to help Energizer measure and optimize its promotional spending through the trade.

Earlier this week,Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke assuredinvestors Walmart will win no matter what environment it's in. "When you go to our stores, you're going to see fantastic new merchandise, aggressive investments in price through lots of rollbacks and better in-stock levels. We're focusing on execution to deliver results." Here's a review of progress that's been made and Walmart's plans for the future.

With consumers switching brands more often than ever before, the rules of customer engagement have changed for marketing, sales and customer service across all industries. As a consequence, driving brand advocacy has become the No. 1 priority. T-Mobile gets it. Using a three-step approach, the company touts 4.9 million social fans and the fastest response time across all industries on Facebook, 55 minutes to be exact.

The insights gained are expected to benefit Walmart and consumer products manufacturers and further contributes to the firm's mission to simplify and improve the way analytics is conducted within the industry.

ScottsMiracle-Gro shares how and why it merged process transformation and IT groups together into a single organization, called Business Transformation. Plus, look inside the company's unique approach to developing high-performing leaders, managers and associates.

CGT and Gartner Inc. bring you the latest data on technology adoption and trends in the consumer goods industry. Topics include downstream data, S&OP, digital marketing, innovation and a look at retailer attitudes toward emerging technology trends.