Supply Chain

In a final letter to the Avon Products, Inc. Board of Directors, Coty Inc. states that it is withdrawing its $10.7 billion offer, concluding its high-profile effort to take over a larger rival.

Kellogg Company announces a refresh of its iconic, 106-year-old Kellogg's brand in the most significant update of its marquee identity in company history.

While a fickle economy forced many retailers into challenging periods of deep discounting, some top retail brands have stayed above the fray. In a recent survey of Americans about brands across several retail segments, Walgreens emerged as the first ever drugstore brand of the year; Target stores was top-ranked for second straight year; and Woot.com replaced Groupon as the best daily deal web site.

The supplier of kefir cultured dairy products is nearly tripling distribution in Target stores as well as adding new Lifeway products to Target's dairy cases.

Recently, a CPG social forum asked the question Is Big Data the most dominant theme this year in our industry?If you look at the amount of coverage Big Data is getting, it well may be. However, when browsing through the literature on the topic, I realized that people may be forgetting about the most obvious Big Data opportunity.

L'Oreal Paris announces Dianna Hampton as the winner of the brand's search for the next rising Internet beauty vlogger.

Celebrities, including the well-known actress Lisa Rinna and pro football stars Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware and Wes Welker, were the first to accept The Great American Try On challenge.