Technology Innovation

Jones Soda Brings Labels To Life With Augmented Reality

Jones Soda is bringing a new twist to its signature labels through the use of augmented reality.
3 Ways Brands Transform End-to-End Product Development by Going Digital

Product development leaders should collaborate with their cross-functional peers should boost their company’s digital thread capabilities by going digital in these three areas.

enVista Expands Automation Capabilities with Acquisition

The acquisition of HCM is expected to enable enVista to meet the growing market demand for automated solutions.
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How Digitalization and Digital Twins Drive Innovation Efficiency

Demand for an ever-changing wider variety of higher quality personalized products is heating up. So, too, is the pressure to produce top-caliber products at a lower price. Digitalization is the key to successfully overcoming these challenges, with digital twins playing a starring role. Learn how.
Levi’s Doubling Down On AI to Power Demand Forecasting & CX

Levi’s investments in artificial intelligence to improve both customer experience and demand forecasting are paying off, and the company will prioritize its fulfillment capabilities to further leverage stores and distribution centers in order to manage its digital growth.
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Extended Enterprise: Securing the Future in Consumer & Retail

This KPMG paper examines today’s third-party risk management challenges for consumer and retail organizations.
Baby Steps or Cannonball: The Future of Digital Payments and Getting Enterprises Up to Speed

CGT explored how CGs and retailers can realign technology advancements — such as payment flexibility, supply chain responsiveness and digital strategy — to seize the opportunities in today's new landscape.
Zebra Technologies To Acquire Fetch Robotics

The planned acquisition is expected to advance Zebra’s mission to bring advanced robotics solutions to customers with labor-intensive operations.
Traeger Grills Latest Acquisition Bolsters Connected Cooking

Acquiring MEATER represents the next logical step in Traeger's digital evolution and ongoing effort to create the ultimate connected grilling experience through the ability to precisely monitor food temps from virtually anywhere.
Will Work-From-Anywhere Work for Consumer Goods?

As businesses start to open up again, consumer goods executives are grappling with the changes of today's new work settings, balancing the environmental, employee satisfaction, recruitment, and other benefits with the downsides of a distributed workforce.
P&G Opens Facility to Focus on Sustainable Supply Chains of the Future

The new center aims to create future, global P&G supply chain sustainable solutions and intelligent operations that it can scale moving forward.
Another Summer of Seltzer? Planning for Cool Trends Heating Up the Alcoholic Beverage Category

Fueled by the freedom that now comes with vaccination roll-outs and the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, the alcohol beverage space is again facing another exciting season in the U.S., showing early signs that previous innovations are here to stay while some new trends emerge.
COVID-19 Opens the Door To A Fully-Digital Beauty Industry

The beauty industry was forced to rethink their pre-COVID-19 approach and reimagine customer engagement in an entirely new context during the pandemic that will set the tone for the shopping experience for years to come.
For Consumers and CG Brands, It Will Be A Summer Like No Other

After a nearly 18-month slog through the pandemic and now post-covid with the US back to business summer, 2021 is going to be a summer like no other… and therein lies a unique opportunity for agile CPG brands.
Kellogg’s Bowl Bot Digitizing the Breakfast Experience

Kellogg’s is automating the most important meal of the day.
How 2 CG Brands Tackle Manufacturing Complexity

Consumer goods manufacturers need to adapt their digital transformation strategies even faster to survive in this increasingly competitive market.
AB InBev Global Innovation and Tech R&D Center Develops Lighter Glass Bottle

This glass innovation will help to reduce the weight of AB InBev’s standard longneck beer bottle from 180 to 150 grams, cutting its CO2 emissions by 17% per bottle.
Coca-Cola HBC Picks Cloud Supply Chain Planning Solution

Coca-Cola HBC is expected to digitally transform its supply chain by leveraging flexible processes to support fast decision-making and adapt quickly to changing business environments and consumer demand.
How Coca-Cola United Streamlined Freestyle Order Management

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United shared details behind the digital transformation that streamlined its order management process.
E2open to Combine with BluJay Solutions

The deal is approximately valued at $1.7B and is expected to enhance E2open’s supply chain execution capabilities with BluJay’s transportation management software and global trade capabilities.
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Retail Superheroes Save the Day With Exceedra Retail Execution

In the past two decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have leaped from the scenes of science fiction movies into the real world. Download this eBook to see how you can utilize AI and ML to improve your retail business by saving time and making better data-driven decisions.
The Future of Business Means Ditching 'Data Driven' and Being Data Empowered

The retail and consumer goods industries have endured a decade’s worth of disruption over the past year. The organizations nimble enough to adjust on the fly have set themselves up for prolonged success, while those unable or unwilling to meet the new reality head-on have faced dire consequences.
13 CGs Land Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chain List

This year, 13 consumer goods companies have made the cut with Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and Nestle taking a top spot for the second consecutive year, while Pfizer and General Mills make their debut.
Samsonite Boosts Digital Consumer Experiences

Samsonite has selected a consumer experience solution to optimize checkout and gain a greater analysis of its consumers’ digital journeys.
AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever Join Forces for Sustainable Startup Innovation

CGT caught up with AB InBev’s Global Head of Sustainability Ezgi Barcenas to find why collective action through this program is key right now.
Shiseido Forms Joint Venture To Fuel Digital Transformation

Shiseido will tap into data and technology to create new beauty experiences, including leveraging consumers’ digital and in-store browsing and purchase histories — as well as employing AR — to recommend new products through diagnostic and personalized services.

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