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A new global ranking of fast moving consumer goods brands reveals the brands that are being bought by the most consumers, the most often. Coca-Cola leads the Top 50 list, while some surprising brands, like Maggi, make it into the top 10. And only one brand in the world reaches more than half of the global population.

PepsiCo brand managers believe that analyzing data helps them in understanding consumer choices, at depths sufficient enough to get insight into the products they should likely retain, discard or even revalue.

Based on glowing reader nominations, CGT presents 14 small to mid-sized companies, including KEEN, Popcorn, Indiana and Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt, with the title of 2013 Standout SMB. Find out what they've been up to over the last year and what plans they have for the future.

CGT Executive Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

Campbell Soup Company, General Mills, Kraft Foods Group, Unilever and more join forces with the retail giant for the third chapter of the Fighting Hunger Together initiative.

With close to one million Twitter followers, Vaynerchuk is known as a true social media trailblazer, and was included in BusinessWeeks list of the top 20 people every entrepreneur should follow. At the 2013 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, he'll lead a strong speaker lineup of industry thought leaders from Unilever, Mondelez, Paramount Farms, L'Oreal, Applegate and the NY Jets.

The company doubles its original target and will aim to provide a total of six million people with access to safe water by 2015.

The new bottle is the first iteration of the redesign of the full portfolio currently underway under the stewardship of PepsiCo's Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini, with additional elements to be rolled out throughout the year.