Challenger brands, which set themselves apart with an intent to bring change to an industry, are driving massive change across the fast-moving consumer goods industry. At the same time, in order to grow their sales these brands are bridging the gap between selling exclusively online and building an in-store presence.
Short’s Brewery in Northern Michigan was established in 2002 by Joe Short. Short had gained significant brewing experience at other Michigan breweries and realized that his style of brewing was best suited to his own business model.
Modern manufacturing environments produce an enormous amount of data. And as systems and platforms develop to monitor and manage this volume of information, many companies are left wondering what kind of software best suits their need for both measurement and analytics.
NuPrintUK, a leading packaging provider based in the U.K., challenged 12 designers from 12 different countries to design a soda can, all of which had the same brief. The project revealed key differences in design based on cultural differences seen in countries across the world.
Ardagh has established a Global Sustainability Action Group to better coordinate its global sustainability work, to accelerate sustainability programs and to increase responsiveness.
Does your package have what it takes to earn a Packaging Innovation Award? Dow is pleased to announce that once again the search for the world’s most innovative packages is on. This is the third year Dow is the title sponsor and will be assembling an international panel of independent judges from a range of industries.
In the next year, the consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape will drastically change as brands evolve their strategies around digital channels, sustainability, collaboration and loyalty. Cutting across each of these initiatives is a need to innovate smarter and faster.
Investors should pay close attention to the potential for store brands to create new winners and losers in retail and CPG, advised Todd Maute, a partner at brand strategy and design agency CBX, during a recent analyst conference organized by Stifel Financial Corp.
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the industrial technology, healthcare, financial services and software industries, has announced the sale of Pretium Packaging to Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
The 10 finalists for the international packaging design competition focus on creative alternatives to plastic packaging. Organized by Metsä Board, the competition was created to find new, environmentally friendly solutions for some of the world’s most frequently used consumer packages.