The Consumer Brands Association has a new leader at the helm. The company has hired Melissa Hockstad as its incoming ...

Bellini has previously spoken about the importance of enabling technology through employee empowerment and increasing digital literacy. While at BAT, her focus included automating more processes at ...

Last September, the company hired Deepak Bhatia to oversee the company’s global tech strategy, focusing on digital capabilities and IT architecture. A year in, Bhatia shares details about how the role ...

Technology and consumer engagement trends are shaping the way consumer goods companies leverage content to resonate with audiences and compete in a digitally-forward world. In this fireside chat, CGT ...

Hershey’s ultimate goal is to modernize its IT operations but that transcends the limits of just upgrading technology. Bhatia says it’s fundamentally about transforming the way the company works — ...

In order to have an environment in which AI ambitions can thrive, Kellanova is building on its “Kuriosity” educational sessions, which are held across the company to open dialogues about the potential ...

PepsiCo-owned Gatorade is bolstering its personalization capabilities through generative AI design capabilities for its squeeze bottles. Through Gatorade iD, the company’s free membership platform, ...

As one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world, PepsiCo carries a broad vantage point on consumer behavior, and Krishnan detailed a few global omnichannel trends they expect to impact the ...

Hermida joins the executive management committee and will report directly to Constellation’s president and CEO Bill Newlands. In a statement, Newlands pointed to Hermida's CPG experience and diverse ...

This type of innovation requires a careful strategy that balances technology adoption, data, and a culture of listening to the community and its needs. For example, e.l.f. is able to experiment with ...

Like many CPGs and retailers, SpartanNash is building unified customer profiles for a more nuanced understanding of their shoppers. They’re bucketing them by recency, frequency, spend, and product mix ...

This builds on the company’s ongoing tech transformation plan. Earlier this year, Hershey invested in its analytics infrastructure, implementing a new data architecture to unify and streamline ...