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Customer satisfaction is going nowhere mirroring the economy and contributing to its frailty. But there are some shining stars: Heinz leads the industry for a 12th straight year. Here is a look at customer satisfaction leaders and laggards for the third quarter of 2011.

Unilever enters a binding agreement to sell the global Sanex business to Colgate-Palmolive for 672 million euros while adding the Fab, Lavomatic and Vel brands to its portfolio in Colombia.

Of the 100 companies featured on a list of top global marketers, 36 are CG companies. The leaders had one big thing in common: They advertise where they see opportunity for growth. These days, that means China.

CGT presents the most recent crop of consumer goods "Visionaries" -- 10 industry thought leaders who are shaping the future of their respective companies with unprecedented business and technology initiatives. Find out about their biggest accomplishments of late and get a glimpse into the big business initiatives they have on the horizon.

AMR's Lora Cecere tells us what the seven consumer products companies on the AMR Supply Chain Top 25 list have in common.

In the CG industry, 35 percent of IT budgets are dedicated to new projects. Find out which CG companies were recently honored as the most innovative users of IT in 2009.

A new study reveals that U.S. consumers feel that consumer products is the most respected and reputable industry, a finding that undoubtedly drives bottom line results for J&J, General Mills, Kraft, P&G and more.

Consumer ratings and pricing power were combined with financial analysis in a new report to determine the top 20 most competitive consumer goods companies of 2009.