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Trade Promotion Management (TPM) technology has certainly made a difference, but there are a lot of common misconceptions that derail potentially productive initiatives. Here, experts reveal the truths about TPM.

A comprehensive listing of solution providers that can help fill your company's social media platform, monitoring, measurement and engagement goals. Plus, experts dive into new marketing strategies, the best governance models for internal collaboration, and real-world social media success stories.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. is investing in emerging sports drink BODYARMOR. The company's $20 million investment gives DPS an 11.7 percent ownership position in BA Sports Nutrition, LLC, owner of Kobe Bryant backed BODYARMOR SuperDrink.

CGT highlights some major new marketing wins from three brands in the industry that are getting it right. See how Snapple, Candie's and Procter & Gamble, use non-traditional marketing to connect with consumers.

Learn how marketers can use new channels, including social and digital, to create efficiency in consumer engagement, stakeholder relationships and marketing spend.

The consumer goods industry in North America has seen a significant transition to global expansion, including the emerging markets playing field. Here, we have tapped into the extensive knowledge banks of industry leaders to help us focus on the best practices needed for expansion in the most sustainable manner.

Even as leaders such as P&G and Amazon (inRetail) further embed analytics into the very fiber of the enterprise, consumergoods companies in general have yetto consistently connect strategy andorganization design with investments in analytical tools. The result is aninsight-rich, outcome-poor industry that struggles todemonstrate ROI onanalytics investments.

The Census Bureau publishes annual figures on each state's international trade. For a map look at the biggest trade partners by dollar value of goods imported and exported for each state in 2014 read on.