Cendant, home to brands like motel chain Ramada Inn and real estate broker Coldwell Banker, also has a long history of buying and selling businesses.
My preferences for clothing and home goods brands change from year to year, but are strongly influenced by loyalty programs and customer support.
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The packaged foods manufacturer said it will separate its faster-growing global snacks business, the home of brands like Oreo, Cadbury and Trident Gum, from its more U.S.-centric grocery business, which houses Oscar Meyer, Philadelphia cream cheese and Jell-O and other household names.
Fortune Brands Home and Security, which spun off from Fortune Brands just two weeks ago ( read about the spinoffs here) is poised to capitalize on a housing recovery.
If the market rebounds, Fortune Brands Home and Security is poised to jump into action.
Most analysts think investors should stand pat on Fortune Brands Home, with five of seven analysts rating it hold.
South African, Chinese and Indian hotels are in Africa's biggest cities, catering to visitors familiar with their home-market brands.
Most analysts think investors should stand pat on Fortune Brands Home, with seven of nine analysts rating it hold.
There is also a water delivery service for businesses and home that features brands including Cristal Springs, Sierra Springs, Kentwood Springs, and Belmont Springs among others.
They warned that companies like Apple should not only worry about the Chinese vendors, but also the increasingly capable and credible home-grown brands in Brazil, India, and Indonesia making good headway in their respective domestic markets.
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Having achieved critical mass in their home countries, mobile brands are increasingly exporting their apps to new countries, according to Mr. Palli.
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From retailers like The Home Depot to apparel brands such as Under Armor and L.L. Bean, PayPal has become an easy and secure way for individuals to make purchases online without sharing their financial information with the company.
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In the latter years of Svanholm's regime, the world's big brewers were buying up local brands outside their home markets and then pumping their own premium, high-margin products through the local distribution networks.
But as the Omidyars drove their Volkswagen Cabriolet back to their home, furnished with budget brands from a Target store, they felt only more confused--like not a few of the accidental billionaires in the Valley.
Others have brands, nurtured at home, that they think they can milk in foreign markets.
Some brands feel naturally at home as the next generation challenger brand space.
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For the enthusiast who wants to expand the collection at home, the variety of tequila brands in the Boston market (admittedly small compared to New York or Chicago) has grown impressively, even just over the past six months.
Europe is home to some of the biggest name brands and corporate giants in the world.
Henkel is home to a whole host of different brands from Persil washing-powder to hair products such as Schwarzkopf.
Borough Parade shopping centre, in Chippenham town centre, is home to a selection of national retail brands and independent stores.
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Their brands, though well established at home, are unknown in Europe or America.
The Brands Hatch branch of Battersea Dogs Home has several Staffordshire bull terrier-type animals, some of them transferred from its London base and others rounded up in Kent.
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The home of a world-class collection of premium brands, AOL creates original content that engages audiences on a local and global scale.
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The Logitech Harmony Ultimate and Logitech Harmony Smart Control are compatible with more than 225, 000 home-entertainment devices and more than 5, 000 brands.
WeMo SMART is a partnership program designed to bring WeMo, Belkin's simple, Wi-Fi based home control platform, to new devices, products and brands.
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The Logitech Harmony Touch is compatible with more than 225, 000 home-entertainment devices and more than 5, 000 brands, and it can control as many as 15 devices.
Penney began adding shops featuring new hip brands last year and plans to overhaul the home department this spring with new names like Jonathan Adler and Michael Graves.
Chinese tech and consumer brands that have cemented a lead in the home market will intensify their global outreach and begin to stand out as quality goods and services that can compete with North American and European names.
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The most international brands tend to come from countries with relatively small home markets.
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