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Earlier this year, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and General Mills all refused to carry Monsanto's corn, but there's one giant chain that's going for it.

A truck covered with QR codes for several P&G products, including Bounty paper towel, Head & Shoulders shampoo and Iams dog food, will visit a dozen popular locations in the city throughout the month of June.

Jennifer Beckett, vice president of Sales & Marketing at Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT), reveals how data sharing has drastically changed the collaborative analytics environment for retailers and suppliers.

While a fickle economy forced many retailers into challenging periods of deep discounting, some top retail brands have stayed above the fray. In a recent survey of Americans about brands across several retail segments, Walgreens emerged as the first ever drugstore brand of the year; Target stores was top-ranked for second straight year; and Woot.com replaced Groupon as the best daily deal web site.

Despite prolonged economic difficulties, 22 percent of consumers are always looking for new products to try. Here, SymphonyIRI reveals 2011s most successful food and beverage and non-foods CPG brands. As youll soon see, both long-established manufacturers and newcomers to the game are providing innovation that is setting the stage for the CPG world of tomorrow.

Walmart is giving physical DVD/Blu-ray collections across the country a second life by turning them into digital movies.