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Kimberly-Clark Corporation announces executive changes that further enhance its focus to deliver its global business plan commitments and drive global expansion.

With limited visibility into its trade spend activity, Weetabix' trade-driven organization was challenged to access specific product or brand information from spreadsheets and settle deductions efficiently.

Since implementing the solution from Akamai, Dolce&Gabbana's web site performance has improved nearly six times globally on average.

Key functionality in the new system from HighJump, includes order management, inventory management, route settlement, pricing, promotions and more.

Unilever's Open Innovation team launched a new online platform, which asks experts to help the company find technical solutions it needs to achieve its ambition of doubling the size of its business.

The M&A environment for consumer markets companies is primed for a resurgence in the next two to three years, according to KPMG LLP. Nearly 70 percent of respondents in a recent survey expect their companies to make at least one acquisition in 2012, compared with 57 percent in 2011. Here's a recap of recent M&A activity in consumer goods.

A new contest giving new products an opportunity to win virtual shelf space on Walmart.com has exceeded the retailer's wildest expectations. Consumer enthusiasm proves that @WalmartLabs, Walmart's hub for innovation at the intersection of social, mobile and retail, is on track to lead the next generation of e-commerce.