The executive joins the company from Unilever where he served as CEO North America, overlooking Unilever's operations in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
Unilever is the first major advertiser to sign on with Nielsen for comprehensive measurement of all 2012 digital campaigns across its suite of nearly 40 brands in the United States.
This years Readers Choice survey spans 10 categories, but some companies do not fit snugly into any one group. In response, we created the Editors Pick section to recognize solutions and service providers that are making a difference in the consumer goods industry and should be dually noted.
PepsiCo announces that Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks ready-to-drink beverages have each grown to more than $1 billion in annual retail sales, expanding PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands to 22.
The decision to launch them together was inspired by the more than two million fans on Facebook in the United States alone, about a quarter of whom are female.
Beauty isn't everything. But don't tell that to this group of companies, who are making steady sales gains with innovative health and beauty products and business strategies.
No. 1 player P&G sustained its growth trajectory in 2011 despite significant business and economic challenges, as did many of other companies on this list, making it one of the healthiest verticals in 2010.
Overall, the economy still wasn't looking pretty in 2010, but it wasn't completely ugly either. Most of the consumer goods companies on CGT's Top 100 list made modest sales gains. A few leapfrogged the competition. Yet, many others were still fighting an uphill battle.
