In addition, the members of The Consumer Goods Forum will have priority access to editorial coverage for news about their brands and businesses, and their marketing colleagues can avail of special advertising rates. Members interested in taking up this offer should contact The Consumer Goods Forum’s Communications Manager, Lee Green

 
Peter Freedman, Managing Director of The Consumer Goods Forum said, “We are delighted to have a special editorial and marketing relationship with ESM. Our industry’s collaborative efforts address some of the most important opportunities and risks facing us globally. As we continue to drive positive change in a number of key areas, this new relationship with ESM provides a platform for us to share the knowledge we’ve gained with an even wider audience”. 
 
As The Consumer Goods Forum looks to expand its communications with external stakeholders, the organisation will be exploring similar opportunities in other regions in the near future. 
 
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About The Consumer Goods Forum 
The Consumer Goods Forum (“The Forum”) is a global, parity-based industry network that is driven by its members. It brings together the CEOs and senior management of some 400 retailers, manufacturers, service providers, and other stakeholders across 70 countries, and it reflects the diversity of the industry in geography, size, product category and format. The Forum member companies have combined sales of EUR 2.5 trillion. Their retailer and manufacturer members directly employ nearly 10 million people with a further 90 million related jobs estimated along the value chain. 
 
The Forum is governed by its Board of Directors, which includes 50 manufacturer and retailer CEOs and Chairpersons. 
 
The Forum provides a unique global platform for knowledge and best practice sharing around the following strategic priorities: Sustainability, Product Safety, Health & Wellness, End-to-End Value Chain & Standards, which are central to the advancem
 PARIS, 17th February 2014 – The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce a new editorial and marketing relationship with ESM – European Supermarket Magazine (ESM). ESM is Europe’s dedicated magazine for the European supermarket sector. The publication is a required read for senior management working in the European grocery sector and for those individuals supplying the industry. 
 
As part of this arrangement, key contacts from all European members of The Consumer Goods Forum will now receive their individual copy of the ESM magazine, and will have free access to the ESM weekly electronic newsletter and the ESM News App. Members interested in receiving the newsletter or signing up for the new ESM News App can contact ESM directly by emailing Colette O’Brien
 
ent of today’s consumer goods industry. 
 
The Forum’s mission is, “Bringing together consumer goods manufacturers and retailers in pursuit of business practices for efficiency and positive change across our industry benefiting shoppers,  consumers and the world without impeding competition”. To fulfil this, its members have given The Forum a mandate to develop common positions on key strategic and operational issues affecting the consumer goods business, with a strong focus on non-competitively sensitive process improvement. The Forum’s success is driven by the active participation of the key players in the sector who together develop and lead the implementation of best practices along the value chain. 
 
With its headquarters in Paris and its regional offices in Washington, DC and Tokyo, The Forum serves its members throughout the world. For more information, please visit: www.theconsumergoodsforum.com