Sales & Marketing

How will your company engage a billion new middle class consumers in emerging markets?

CPG marketing in all of its forms has traditionally targeted the female consumer. Yet, new findings from the 2014 RIS/Cognizant Shopper Experience Study suggest that mobile marketing is just as likely to open doors in both the physical and digital worlds to male shoppers ... and their revenue.

CGT introduces you to six technology innovations that aim to drive business outcomes for competitive consumer goods companies.

As Canada's e-commerce landscape began to flourish, Unilever realized the inefficiencies connected to its lack of a product information management hub. With no time to waste, Unilever enlisted the services of Hubba, the B2B social network that also acts as a product information-sharing platform to simplify digital asset management.

Digital technologies are radically changing how consumer goods companies connect with consumers in diverse markets around the globe. And, the implications reach far beyond sales and marketing. Alex Kushnir, Partner at Accenture, provides insights into what this means for CPG sales leaders working to enhance their routes to market.

Leveraged in the right ways, mobile technology can lead to massive efficiency gains as well as sophisticated interactions with consumers. This edition of CGT Straight Talk taps the collective brainpower of industry thought leaders in the space to debunk crippling myths around mobility.

Energizer was determined to accurately assess the ROI of retail service activities at granular levels. It sought to understand which services drive the most incremental sales and which cost the most to perform. It needed a process and a database to collect and deliver the data in a meaningful way.

CGT Editor Ali Ackerman Orr gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.