Lisa Johnston

Editorial Director

Author Profile

Lisa Johnston is the Editorial Director of CGT. She joined the brand in 2020. Her journalism background includes writing for both business and consumer audiences, specializing in technology, retail, and consumer goods. In addition to speaking at a range of industry events and sharing editorial expertise as a media panelist, she's served as a judge for such programs as the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame and the Jesse H. Neal Awards.

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ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

2/17/2025
SharkNinja Elevates Flywheel Strategy to Harness Influencers as Growth Engines
Pre-seeding social media influencers with early products is seen as key to DTC growth.

Lisa Johnston
1/26/2025
Henkel’s IoT Laundry Concept May Hit Retail in 2-3 Years
Will shoppers buy three bottles of laundry detergent instead of one if it means a better and more eco-friendly experience? Henkel thinks they might.

Lisa Johnston
1/6/2025
How Southern Glazer’s Is Elevating Proof for ‘Hands-Free Commerce’
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is taking steps to evolve its Proof B2B e-commerce platform into a comprehensive destination for retailers.

Lisa Johnston
1/1/2025
Coca-Cola United Testing Generative AI Tool to Streamline Data Access
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United (CCBCU) is piloting a generative AI business intelligence tool that accounts for employee personas to help streamline decision-making.

Lisa Johnston
12/16/2024
How Mondelez’s Internal Engineering Team Is Fueling Its Move to Cloud
Mondelez International is extending its relationships with AWS to migrate its on-premise SAP systems to SAP RISE on AWS. As part of this, they’re currently migrating workloads from Azure into AWS and moving to a serverless, automated infrastructure.

Lisa Johnston
12/11/2024
Nestlé, Centric Brands, Versuni: CPG Bites at AWS Re:Invent 2024
You know you’re at an IT conference when the tabletop giveaway of choice is a Lego set.

Lisa Johnston
12/9/2024
Nestlé Purina Growing Consumer Digital Ecosystem With SSO
Nestlé Purina is scaling its single-sign-on (SSO) digital solution to provide an info hub for pet owners and a valuable source of consumer data for Purina.

Lisa Johnston
12/8/2024
Inside the Kellogg’s Spin-Off: What the Historic Split Meant for Tech Teams
Ramesh Kollepara, global chief technology officer of Kellanova, and Bill Rex, CIO of WK Kellogg, shared what the historic split meant for the tech teams, as well as how they’re finding new synergies within their new organizations.

Lisa Johnston
11/21/2024
Eric Dahmer Named CMO at Mid America Pet Food
Previously the CMO at Pet Honesty, Dahmer has served in marketing leadership roles at Nature's Way, Kraft Heinz, and Johnson & Johnson.

Lisa Johnston
11/21/2024
Helen of Troy Broadens Beauty With Olive & June
Helen of Troy is acquiring Olive & June, a rising star in DIY nail care products.

Lisa Johnston