Lisa Johnston

Editor-in-Chief

Author Profile

Lisa Johnston is the Editor-in-Chief 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

12/14/2022
How Kellogg’s Silo-Busting Is Fueling Packaging Innovation
The work Kellogg Company has done to break down internal silos is bearing fruit in the form of packaging innovation.

Lisa Johnston
12/11/2022
Hormel Foods Beefs Up Retail & Supply Chain Real-Time Data Sharing to Improve OSA
Hormel Foods is investing in real-time data sharing to improve on-shelf availability with its retail partners.

Lisa Johnston
12/8/2022
Mars’ Speed of Scale: How AI-Fueled Image Recognition Is Increasing Conversions
Learn how Mars elevated its retail image content in order to bring a heightened level of category intelligence to its retail partners.

Lisa Johnston
12/4/2022
5 Tips to Recruit and Retain Top CPG IT and Digital Talent
Consumer goods companies are getting savvier when it comes to recruiting and retaining their top digital and tech talent, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy for anyone.

Lisa Johnston
12/1/2022
Operational Investments: 5 CPGs Predicting the Future With Digital Twins
With benefits extending from increased collaboration to enhanced safety, more consumer goods companies are investing in digital twins, including Unilever, Mars, Coca-Cola, Kraft Heinz, and Johnson & Johnson.

Lisa Johnston
11/28/2022
You’re Doing It Wrong: 3 Most Common Cloud Strategy Mistakes
Are you making these blunders when it comes to developing your cloud strategy? There’s a good chance you probably are.

Lisa Johnston
11/28/2022
Lifetime Brands, Traeger & Whole Foods Sign On As Early Adopters of AWS Supply Chain
The cloud app is designed to increase supply chain visibility by combining and analyzing data across multiple supply chain systems to provide manufacturers and retailers with real-time information.

Lisa Johnston
11/28/2022
Yeti Taking Fresh Look at DTC and Omnichannel
Yeti Holdings is increasingly looking at total acquisition and retention trends as it thinks about measuring the reach of direct-to-consumer, a channel the company remains full-speed-ahead on growing.

Lisa Johnston
11/27/2022
L'Oréal Turns to NLP to Elevate Finance Insight Delivery
The technology is designed to quickly provide language and visual insights to 2,000 users around the world, enabling L'Oréal’s financial controllers to more easily identify business-driving insights.

Lisa Johnston
11/27/2022
PepsiCo Building Out Pepviz Data Science Practice
Just over a year after bringing its Pepviz data science practice to retailers, PepsiCo remains bullish on its potential to add value to operators across all retail spaces.

Lisa Johnston