Strategy

The agreement marks Walmarts return to the CPG industrys information-sharing model. The majority of U.S. food, drug, mass, convenience and dollar store retailers already provide Nielsen with sales information.

2010 marked the third consecutive year that chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the United States took a reduction in total compensation. By comparison, this year's Forbes.com list of The Worlds Billionaires broke records in size (1,210 billionaires) and total net worth ($4.5 trillion). Find out which food and beverage billionaires topped this list.

The Levi's brand announces it has appointed Paul Zadoff as its new Senior Vice President of Wholesale Commercial Operations for the Americas.

Nestl intends to acquire 60 percent of Hsu Fu Chi whilst the Hsu family will own the remaining 40 percent.

The lawsuit seeks to stop Luhns GmbH, Germany, from violating P&G's intellectual property and selling the infringing products.

As we enter the second half of 2011, the editors of CGT always like to take stock of the stories that were of the most interest to our readers. Here is a look back at the top 10 headlines on Consumergoods.com this year.

The new President for Kraft Foods Europe began his career with the company in 1992 and has progressed through a number of marketing, strategy and general management roles.