Technology

The last two decades could aptly be described as the Wal-Mart era in retailing. In 1990, its revenue was $32 billion. In 2010 it ballooned to $405 billion. Today, however, cracks are appearing in the empire Sam Walton built.

Quiksilver selects HighJump Softwares labor management system (LMS) for its Americas distribution center.

Welchs will start its project at Meijer and Target, focusing on monitoring new product introductions, improving the planning and execution of its promotions and reducing exit inventories at the end of events.

The harmonization of syndicate and retailer demand data from Vision Chain is expected to drive consumer insights for Newell Rubbermaid.

The JBS USA Beef sales organization will use SignalDemand to respond quickly to changing market conditions and identify win-win opportunities for its customers.

The advanced features of the company's latest release allows consumer goods companies to track all customer plans and spending in one solution and provides a robust data set for analyzing and optimizing the effectiveness of their trade dollars.

Fast Company released its annual list of the The Worlds 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2011 earlier this month. Not surprisingly, Apple, Inc. was crowned No. 1 followed by social networking stars Facebook and Twitter. While only three consumer goods companies made the Top 50, another 20 were named as market leaders in the consumer product and food industries.