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Benefit Cosmetics, a subsidiary of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, is the third best-selling makeup brand in the United Kingdom, a top-seller in the United States and Japan, and has plans to expand into China in the near future.

Shiraleah is a Chicago-based company that manufactures and distributes home goods and fashion accessories to about 5,000 retailers throughout the United States and Canada.

Jarden Corporation, a provider of niche consumer products with brands including First Alert, Coleman and Oster, announced the initiation of "Operation Careers for Veterans."

THE MERGER AND ACQUISITION (M&A) trend continued through 2006, impacting a large number of technology providers that service the consumer goods (CG) industry.

7-Eleven Inc. announces winners of its 2006 Retailer Initiative Awards, which formally recognize those suppliers that excelled at helping 7-Eleven meet its convenience customers' changing needs through team merchandising, demandchain solutions, cost of goods, category management and contributing to creative advertising and promotional programs.

The world may never know the formula behind Coke Classic or why a box of cereal costs more than a bushel of bananas, but there is one closely guarded secret in the consumer goods space that is beginning to unfurl: price optimization.

7-Eleven Inc. announces winners of its 2006 Retailer Initiative Awards.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG is rumored to be considering the sale of baby food maker Gerber Products Co. to Nestle, reported the Wall Street Journal.