Walmart

Iconix Brand Group Inc. signs an exclusive direct-to-retail license agreement with Wal-Mart for its Ocean Pacific and OP brands for distribution of a broad range of apparel and accessories in the United States.

Smart Balance, manufacturer of Smart Balance buttery spreads, popcorn, oils, cooking sprays, peanut butter, mayonnaise and cheese products, and Earth Balance butter spreads and shortening, appoints Acosta as its sales and marketing agency in the United States.

Since 1992 we have developed Shiloh Software to provide our customer with a powerful set of tools for working with retail and related data.

Consumer goods companies can expect to gain valuable shopper insights from a new generation of consumer panel services created by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) based on Wal-Mart's unique customer segments.

Wal-Mart partners with HP to build an enhanced business intelligence and data warehouse system.

To help erase the stress of back-to-school shopping, Wal-Mart and Crayola have enlisted the perfect back-to-school shopping consultants -- school teachers -- for the thousands of parents in need of help.

A great deal of vision within the consumer goods industry comes from small to mid-size businesses (SMBs). The following profiles highlight select companies that are poised to breakout of the midmarket and reach that $1 billion mark.

Wal-Mart endorses Knowledge Networks as the online panel research company to conduct custom studies using the retailer's proprietary Segmentation Lens.