Sales & Marketing

2011 Shared Strategy Report
To protect margins and keep customers from using stores as showrooms for online competition, retailers must collaborate with their suppliers more than ever. Download this report now and learn the value of collaborative relationships in areas across the enterprise, including consumer strategies, supply chain, proximity sourcing, and much more.
Post Event Analysis
Booz & Co. shares tips for building capabilities to maximize trade spend return on investment.

2011 Top 100: Food

Big headlines rocked the food industry in 2010 and 2011. Two leading companies are going through amicable breakups while others remain focused on executing improvement initiatives for future growth.
2011 Top 100: Health and Beauty Aids

Beauty isn't everything. But don't tell that to this group of companies, who are making steady sales gains with innovative health and beauty products and business strategies.
2011 Top 100: Toys/Games

The companies on this list have to be masters of rapid innovation. Find out which toy companies stayed on the "hot" list in 2010 and which ones lost the popularity contest.
Trade Spending Trends

Trade spend remains both a hot topic and a huge expense. CGT and AFS Technologies polled the industry to understand how far-reaching TPM initiatives really are.
An Exciting Year

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.
2011 Top 100: The Consumer Goods Registry

Overall, the economy still wasn't looking pretty in 2010, but it wasn't completely ugly either. Most of the consumer goods companies on CGT's Top 100 list made modest sales gains. A few leapfrogged the competition. Yet, many others were still fighting an uphill battle.
2011 Top 100: Packaged Goods

No. 1 player P&G sustained its growth trajectory in 2011 despite significant business and economic challenges, as did many of other companies on this list, making it one of the healthiest verticals in 2010.
2011 Top 100: Apparel, Accessories and Footwear

Tommy Hilfiger, Timberland and Liz Claiborne are just a few of the brands that found new homes in 2010 and 2011. Find out how brand shuffling is affecting the ranks in the apparel, footwear and accessories market.