Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

Unilever Invests in Internet Marketing
Unilever is the first major advertiser to sign on with Nielsen for comprehensive measurement of all 2012 digital campaigns across its suite of nearly 40 brands in the United States.
Direct to Consumer Continues to Rise
A new survey reveals that the use of social and mobile channels are increasingly helping consumer goods companies become more comfortable with the direct-to-consumer selling model. In fact, the number of companies selling products directly to consumers isexpected to increase from 24 percent to 41 percent over the next 12 months.

Problem Solving: WD-40 Creates a New Branded Category Solution

Very few brands will ever match the popularity and consumer loyalty of WD-40 Multi Use Product. Silence a squeaky door hinge? Check. Clean crayon from walls? Yes. Dissolve rust from metal surfaces? Unfortunately, not as much as some end users need and want.
Prepare to Launch: Breathable Foods Breathed Life into New Product

Breathable Foods aims to revolutionize the delivery of nutrients and sensations using novel aerosol delivery forms. In late 2010, the company prepared to launch its flagship offering, which delivers and airborne shot of caffeine in a compact inhaler the size of a lipstick.
Readers' Choice Survey 2012

For the 12th year in a row, CGT handed the microphone over to our readers to identify their most valued technology solutions and service providers across 10 categories. Based on their uncensored opinions and real-world experiences, the results are honest indicators of how the industry is approaching technology adoption.
Reckitt Benckiser Reshapes Company Strategy

?The company intensifies its focus on Health & Hygiene and faster growing consumer markets to fuel another decade of market outperformance.
Walmart Unveils Private Label Packaging Icon

A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart unveils the Great For You icon.
PepsiCo Names 3 Brands to Billion-Dollar Status

PepsiCo announces that Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks ready-to-drink beverages have each grown to more than $1 billion in annual retail sales, expanding PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands to 22.
Great Expectations

CGT Executive Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.
15 Predictions for IT Organizations

Many industries are being challenged as customers continue to adopt an always-connected digital lifestyle and competitors exploit emerging technologies. Here are 15 strategic planning assumptions that CIOs, senior business executives and IT leaders should factor into their enterprise planning and strategy-setting initiatives.

Unilever Invests in Internet Marketing

Direct to Consumer Continues to Rise

Problem Solving: WD-40 Creates a New Branded Category Solution

Prepare to Launch: Breathable Foods Breathed Life into New Product

Readers' Choice Survey 2012

Reckitt Benckiser Reshapes Company Strategy

Walmart Unveils Private Label Packaging Icon

PepsiCo Names 3 Brands to Billion-Dollar Status

Great Expectations

15 Predictions for IT Organizations