Supply Chain

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.

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.

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.

A comparison chart of solution providers to the consumer goods industry in the areas of transportation management, warehouse management and more.

Today's digital channels have and will continue to fundamentally transform the consumer experience, creating a new class of more informed and more demanding shoppers. As a result, we are also now seeing a blurring of the traditional lines between trading partners, where the "war for the consumer" may actually be yielding to a truer form of collaboration than we've ever seen.

The new Pepsi MAX ad features Barry Sanders, legendary pro football hall of famer.

Jon Golovin, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Retail Solutions Inc., explains the role that consumer packaged goods suppliers play in helping omnichannel retail customers true achieve fulfillment intelligence.