Consumer Products

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The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: 4 of 5 Mechanics Recommend A South African toothpaste snafu highlights the unintended consequences of the increasingly-flattened world. Brands are powerful, and for investors and corporations, that can be both good and bad.
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 Arlene Weintraub	J&J's New Baby As other divisions stumble, Johnson & Johnson's consumer products - bolstered by a $16.6 billion addition - provide a security blanket.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Colgate's Margins Gleam Colgate-Palmolive's first-quarter earnings rise on ad campaigns. Consumer-products companies fly under the radar for a lot of smart investors, but they are cash flow machines.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Rich Duprey	Jarden Conquers K2 The consumer-products company bids for the sporting-goods manufacturer. K2 has given shareholders a heck of a ride over the past few years. Now might be a good time to plan a mountain trek.
Entrepreneur May 2007 Sara Wilson	The Finer Things A line of high-priced, ultraluxury cosmetics is making heads turn - and wallets open.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Attention Inventors In mid-April Henkel, producer of such consumer brands as Dial, Duck tape and Loctite, wraps up a global competition in search of new ideas and new products.
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Nanette Byrnes	Avon: More Than Cosmetic Changes How Andrea Jung is trying to stop the sag by getting smarter about the numbers at Avon.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 Sarah Erdreich	Gone in 30 Seconds: Kleenex Perhaps Kleenex really is such a staple product that the brand can afford offbeat advertising. Regardless, the Kimberly-Clark remains an interesting investment idea.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 Traci Purdum	Outsourcing Procurement Personal-paper-products maker Kimberly-Clark aims to focus on what it does best.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Avon Slowly Getting Dolled Up How pretty is Avon after an impressive fourth quarter? Avon's management is actively repurchasing stock and is even issuing debt to ensure shareholders see tangible benefits as operating results remain in flux.
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