A group of Wal-Mart Stores employees seeking better wages and working conditions marched on the retailer's headquarters Wednesday but said it was turned away without meeting with company officials. Around 100 members of Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) said they assembled so as to "offer solutions for improving the company's ailing U.S. store operations," on the same day of the company's annual investor conference.

Government officials fine-tuning guidelines for marketing food to children say they won't push the food industry to get rid of cartoon characters on cereal boxes.

Scavenger hunts are big lately as brands bring such old-fashioned consumer engagement programs up to speed with social media. Chrysler, Cathay Pacific and Starbucks have all done so recently.

Unilever on Monday announced a makeover for its Slim-Fast brand with the introduction of new, convenient on-the-go bottles.

Perhaps because of his outsized personality, his rakish past as a fighter jock and his predilection for flying jets and helicopters to work, it's easy to make a caricature of Robert Lutz. Edward Niedermeyer, however, shows us the complexities behind the man and why he isn't all that easy to pigeonhole.

Social gaming company Zynga is creating a stand-alone website called "Project Z" that will bring Zynga games to consumers outside of Facebook. The new site represents the company's larger strategy of creating its own social network of gamers.

SN highlights 16 best-in-class brands in its first-ever Supplier Leadership Awards issue, a successor to its Category Excellence Awards.

The new "Let Us Stay With You" ad campaign for Ritz-Carlton is meant to evoke a memorable experience, not suggest that the company may show up at your house uninvited.

Ten percent of U.S. consumers skip breakfast every day, according to a research study conducted by The NPD Group. Men 18 to 34 years old skip breakfast the most. NPD's MealScape 2011 study, released today, found that 28% of men in this age group skipped breakfast.

Apropos of nothing, here's a click-and-drag feature that lets you rank the top global brands (as determined by Interbrand) from first to fifteenth place. You will not win a Mac Book.