It is also home to Johnson & Johnson's consumer division.

But revenue growth in the consumer division remains weak.

Operations and security oversight are often run by big banks' consumer divisions, not the credit card units.

The consumer division now outsells the salon unit by more than 3 to 1.

"We like the business, and we are committed to it," he said of the consumer division.

The consumer division, a person close to the government's proposal said, will probably be folded into the company that takes the Office applications business.

Though still small, Microsoft's consumer division is one of the fastest growing in the company.

In 1986, he became the head of Chemical's national consumer division.

Cost reductions, especially in the group's consumer division, helped the bottom line.

He was head of the consumer division that developed the successful Friends and Family program.