Special Reports

2012 Sales and Marketing Report
Intelligent innovation is going to be key to the CG industry's performance in the coming year. New research from CGT and IDC Manufacturing Insights examines the progress companies are making in TPM, downstream data, direct-to-consumer selling, social business and mobility.
Readers' Choice Survey 2012
For the 12th year in a row, CGT handed the microphone over to our readers to identify their most valued technology solutions and service providers across 10 categories. Based on their uncensored opinions and real-world experiences, the results are honest indicators of how the industry is approaching technology adoption.

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 Visionaries

CGT presents the most recent crop of consumer goods "Visionaries" -- 10 influential leaders who are shaping the future of their respective companies with unprecedented business and technology initiatives.
2011 Sales & Marketing Report

New research yields reports on the progress that consumer goods companies have made in the areas of TPM, downstream data, direct-to-consumer selling, social business and more.
Readers' Choice Survey 2011

CGT readers recognize the solution and service providers that best empower their businesses across 10 categories of need.
2010 Top 100: The Consumer Goods Registry

When it comes to the health of the consumer goods market, is the glass half full or half empty? According to the results of the 2010 Consumer Goods Registry, which ranks the top 100 public companies according to 2009 annual revenues, both viewpoints are correct.
Nice Guys Finish First

A sneakpeek inside the Rock n' Roll CEO Barrie Bergman's new book.
What Price Reputation?

This article analyzes 40 of the largest players in the consumer packaged goods world and how they have been able to build up enough reputation capital to become the world's most reputable industry in 2010.
Green Confidence

Over the past year, the Green Confidence Index tracked consumer sentiment for all things green, from cars to clothing to cleaning products, and it's clear the market has moved from minor to mainstream.