Consumers are going to expect a more open, two-way dialogue with brands in 2013.  The challenge for Consumer Products companies ...

Last week, Clarkston Consulting participated in the annual Leadership Summit presented by the Network of Executive Women (NEW).  There were ...

Last week, Clarkston hosted a group of Chicagoland executives to discuss recent trends in Analytics. The current mainstream conversation around ...

While July 27th marks the official start of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic buzz has been spreading around the ...

Kraft continues to prepare for the spinoff of its global snacks business, which will be renamed Mondelez International Inc., from ...

This week, Supermarket News (SM) discussed the holistic view the Coca-Cola Co. is taking in its approach to working collaboratively ...

Last week, while attending the 2012 Supply Chain Conference – hosted jointly by the Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers ...

2012 will be a year of guarded growth for the Consumer Products industry. The economy, while continuing to show signs ...

With the news that Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing for a likely bankruptcy filing in the coming weeks, we should consider how such an iconic brand could fall the way that it has.

The key to saving time—and thus money —in the returns process is making the decision of what to do with the return sooner, rather than later, before the product even starts making its way back from the customer.