This trend is hitting retailers hard as the most popular products are easily obtained direct from manufacturers, service providers or less expensive online outlets.

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Foods that were advertised would have to meet strict dietary guidelines, which would require the reformulation of thousands of products, including 88 of the top 100 most popular foods.

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Health and fitness products are the next most popular.

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It's also considered stronger, brand-wise, and has more products that use GSM, the most popular mobile technology globally.

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Fear of piracy has shaped the country's online games market, whose most popular products are multi-player PC based games.

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Freddo and Persicco, the two most popular chains, are known for their high-quality products.

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The social network lets entrepreneurs create online scrapbooks featuring photos of their newest or most popular products.

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Having strong popular products for both businesses and consumers has enabled us to capture the most effective data possible to then learn from and deliver to our business users regarding their campaigns and strategies.

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One by one, a half dozen employees, who call themselves Googlers, walked on stage and demonstrated how they are putting to work the degrees they have earned at top universities to help Google improve some of its most popular products.

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The company had a well-developed portfolio of beverages for kids, including Kool-Aid and Capri Sun, and it had a great portfolio of products for women, Crystal Light and Maxwell House, being among the most popular.

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