Manufacturing

Dave Woodard is expected to lead Heinz North America to new levels of success by leveraging his proven expertise in marketing and innovation, and his keen understanding of consumer behavior.

A total of 20 offerings across three new Nature Made product lines will be in market by year end. In addition, Pharmavite will introduce Voots, a recent brand acquisition.

The Coca-Cola Company has robust plans to capture growth in India with investments in innovation, expansion of distribution network, etc. The company has already invested more than $2 billion in India since it re-entered the country in 1993.

Settling industry rumors, Anheuser-Busch InBev noted that there is truth to the recent speculation regarding a possible combination between AB InBev and Grupo Modelo.

Under a comprehensive strategic plan, five core brands Hersheys, Reeses, Hersheys Kisses, Jolly Rancher and Ice Breakers will become global cornerstones.

Focusing on store-level data enables CG companies to win in modern retail. Here, a member of Procter & Gambles Retailer Connect Program candidly reveals how the company is using POS data to identify out-of-stock/zero sales incidents and then act in store to fix those opportunities and drive sales.

Consumers are flocking to social media to have conversations about products and brands; conversations that more often than not aren't considered part of traditional TPM activities. Increasingly, the secret to running successful trade promotions will lie in integrating the rich data available across traditional TPM systems with the real-time social data streams that provide CG companies with direct insight into consumer mindsets.