Sales & Marketing

By partnering with Twitter, PepsiCo is providing fans exclusive content and engaging millions of people around the world through one of their key passion points music.

Nestle Water will use a new mobile-based platform in Beijing and Shanghai that connects sales teams to information such as replenishment and promotions in real time from any location, via smartphone providers.

This is the fourth acquisition in the past fiscal year for ConAgra Foods, following the acquisitions of National Pretzel Company, Del Monte Canada and Odom's Tennessee Pride.

Adam Kmiec will be responsible for leading a global digital marketing and social media strategy that encompasses both consumer-facing communications and corporate initiatives.

Multi-award-winning Hollywood Producer and digital marketing expert Van Vandegrift will headline the 2012 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing and reveal how major brand owners are successfully executing online campaigns to win at the shelf.

Did you know that only 17 percent of Facebook members reside in the United States? That means that consumer goods brands must move their digital reach into global markets to capture the other 83 percent. Heres a look at which consumer goods brands already lead in Facebooks top 10 countries.

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.