Supply Chain

Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Greek yogurt brand Chobani, is now Philly cofee company La Colombe Coffee Roasters' sole investor.

Themed around strategies that begin and end with the consumer, the 2015 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit united sales, marketing and IT professionals in New York City to explore success stories and lessons learned from partner and peer companies alike.

Today's shopper wants to be heard, but todays manufacturers have big mouths and little ears. They cannot hear. As a result, the shifts in the market are sensed too late.

A new Diet Pepsi has hit shelves this summer. Answering consumer demand, the diet soda is sweetened with a blend of sucralose instead of aspartame.

The consumer goods industry in North America has seen a significant transition to global expansion, including the emerging markets playing field. Here, we have tapped into the extensive knowledge banks of industry leaders to help us focus on the best practices needed for expansion in the most sustainable manner.

Even as leaders such as P&G and Amazon (inRetail) further embed analytics into the very fiber of the enterprise, consumergoods companies in general have yetto consistently connect strategy andorganization design with investments in analytical tools. The result is aninsight-rich, outcome-poor industry that struggles todemonstrate ROI onanalytics investments.

Diamond Foods, Inc. has opened a new 7,000-square-foot innovation center adjacent to the Kettle Brand potato chip facility. The innovation center will drive new product offerings for Diamond's entire family of brands.

The chief executive of Heineken, the world's third largest brewer, told CNBC that he expected to see continued sales growth in emerging markets, despite the occasional "hiccup" in the future. Heineken reported higher first-half results than markets expected as it increased profit in all regions except Africa.