Sales & Marketing

Dial, Persil ProClean and Schwarzkopf brands are expected to increase consumer convenience and simplicity with new Amazon Dash Buttons.

Utz Quality Foods, Inc. of Hanover, PA, and Golden Enterprises, Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement on July 18 for Utz to acquire the company.

Procter & Gamble Co. executives are focusing on how consumers buy, experimenting with steps such as one that it just launched in Atlanta called the Tide Wash Club, an online subscription service.

Unilever has signed an agreement to purchase Dollar Shave Club, which may shake up its competition.

Amazon's second go at its manufactured holiday, Prime Day, obliterated its single-day sales from last year. Customer orders surpassed Prime Day 2015 by more than 60% worldwide and more than 50% in the U.S. during the second annual Prime Day, which was the biggest day ever for Amazon.

Marberger brings more than 30 years of finance and leadership experience to ConAgra Foods, currently serving as CFO at Prestige Brands.

LaMotte will lead and oversee the brand's global marketing efforts and messaging across all product categories to continue to extend the reach and impact of KEEN across its retail channels and consumer fanbase.

Some wins for consumer goods companies include toys and shoes topping the list with more than two million purchased by members, and the most popular Amazon Dash Button brands purchased on Prime Day were Cascade, Charmin and Tide. Here are other highlights from Prime Day 24 hours later.