Awards

Lexmark wins UK's inaugural Supply Chain Innovation Award.

This year 12 companies have been named Breakthrough Innovation Winners, recognizing companies such as PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, and L'Oreal Paris.

Adam Brotman, Starbucks Coffee Company's Chief Digital Officer, was named CDO Club's 2015 U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year. The CDO Club is a community of C-suite digital leaders with over 1,000 members.

Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers International, Inc., died at age 91 at her home in Florida.

The Most Admired list is described by Fortune as 'the definitive report card on corporate reputations.' Based on nine criteria, from investment value to social responsibility, these 10 consumer goods companies ranked highly in their respective industry, being noted a reputation all-star.

This award will honor the chief marketing officer who has made the largest demonstrable impact on his or her consumer goods organization through the implementation and successful use of new marketing strategies, technologies and/or processes. Here, CGT reveals the three deserving finalists who made the cut, and one will be named the winner at a special awards ceremony in June.

Since Talking Rain's ultimate retail strategy is to be a trusted advisor providing insight to its customer about the right product mix and placement of products, the company needed a technology that would enable the category management, marketing and sales teams to provide retailers with these insights.

CGT Editor Alarice Rajagopal gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.