Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI) announced last year’s most successful consumer packaged goods (CPG) launches in its 2017 New Product Pacesetters report, the CPG industry-recognized benchmark analysis of exceptional first-year new product sales success.

Matchaah Inc. launched its new sparkling water beverage: SoMATCHAAH! 

Tata Waters, a division of Montvale, N.J.-based Tata Global Beverages, and Talking Rain Beverage Co., Preston, Wash., have joined forces in bringing a new premium bottled water, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, to the U.S. market.

To help champion arts in education, premium bottled water brand LIFEWTR announced that it is featuring the work of three young artists on its Series 4 labels.

LIFEWTR, a brand of Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc., announced it is championing arts in education in its fourth label design series. Although arts education has a significant impact on students beyond self-expression, it is increasingly disappearing from schools, the company says. Highlighting the importance of arts education, LIFEWTR Series 4 will showcase the works of three young artists who demonstrate the impact that art has had on their lives, it adds. 

Preston, Wash.-based Talking Rain Beverage Co., the maker of Sparkling Ice flavored sparkling waters, announced a strategic alliance with Tata Global Beverages, Kolkata, India. The agreement will enhance the brand reach of Himalayan Natural Mineral Water under the Talking Rain Beverage Co. umbrella, leveraging the Sparkling Ice distribution network to launch the mineral water in the United States, the company says.