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A recent consumer survey about family management from Forrester Research on behalf of Whirlpool Corporation found that more than 50 percent of consumers would like solutions to help create weekly shopping lists, a family calendar and a message center.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an indirect subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., is the latest addition to a growing list of consumer goods companies, which are outsourcing non-core operations to third party providers in order to strengthen leadership in their respective industries.