Dairy products giant Dean Foods Co., Dallas, said it hired consumer packaged goods industry veteran Shaun Mara as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.

Global consumer and market researcher Mintel International Group said it hired  Pete Giannakopoulos as president for the company's Chicago-based Mintel Americas’ Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).

While consumers around the world are more confident about the year ahead, Americans still seem relatively unconvinced there will be drastic improvement.

Millennials are one of the largest demographics in the country and will soon be entering a strong growth period in both income and consumer packaged goods (CPG) spending.

What will the breakthrough new products of next year be? Most likely something recognizable...with a twist.

Who’s the better toy and friend for Andy? Woody or Buzz? Cowboy or space ranger? That critical question started the plot of Pixar Animation’s “Toy Story” in 1995.

Although its brands are found in an estimated 97 percent of U.S. households, very few people associate ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., with those popular CPG items.

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed "significantly better" than the rest of the market in 2008.

Consumers' new home-centric behaviors are creating new opportunities for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers, according to Krista Faron, senior analyst for Mintel International Group LLC, Chicago.