Sponsors

Crossmark

CROSSMARK is a national retail and marketing services company that provides Walmart and it’s suppliers with retail and marketing services to help meet their needs. Our key deliverables to our clients are as follows:

  • Client-Relevant Coverage
    • - Weekly coverage of all Walmart and Sam’s Club locations
    • - Customized coverage based on the client’s needs
  • Expertise & Insight
    • - Walmart & Sam’s HQ penetration on multiple levels
    • - Significant community involvement – Center for Retailing Excellence, Doing Business in Bentonville, Connecting Northwest Arkansas, Chamber of Commerce, 8th & Walton, etc.
  • Accountability
    • - Validation of results via client-specific scorecards
    • - Proven ROI

Contact Ken Drish at 479-464-2226 or ken.drish@crossmark.com


Regal Logistics

Powered by more than 40 years of experience as a leading third party logistics provider (3PL), Regal Logistics specializes in high volume, mass retailer distribution. Regal uses its expertise to help Walmart suppliers — 90% of its customers — improve relations and meet critical mandates:

  • Must Arrive By Date (MABD)
  • Real time shipment visibility & inventory tracking
  • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) & Advance Shipment Notice (ASN)
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
  • Bicoastal ship points

Regal Logistics ships more than 20 million cartons a year to Walmart — $1 billion in sales annually — making us the most knowledgeable and effective partner in managing suppliers’ reliable distribution, replenishment programs and seasonal order variations. How can we help you? Click here to find out today. Or call 866-300-5580.


Bentonville Software Associates

Shiloh, a Demand Signal Repository (DSR) founded in 1994, is preferred by more Walmart vendors and suppliers than any other POS data analytics provider. Our team of professionals has over 150 years of experience through Walmart, Supplier and Retail IT channels. We are passionate about our products and ability to simplify data analytics and make the data work for you. Shiloh’s roots run deep in the Walmart community, but our capabilities expand to over 40 different retailers and meet the needs of 90+ manufacturers.Shiloh’s suite of analytic tools can increase your ROI through:

  • Improved Forecasting
  • Increase In-Stock
  • Better Analytics & Automated Reporting
  • Improved Promotions & Product Launch
  • Price & Margin Management and more

Call today for a free demonstration. 479-464-4598 or 877-455-5655


Weather Trends International
Based in the Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem, PA) Weather Trends International’s proprietary forecasting technology provides its clients a year ahead weather forecast with business strategy recommendations by market, by week for 3,931 markets in 129 countries.

CSA Recruiters
The largest executive search firm in the country specializing in Wal-Mart Vendor Teams.

Waste Management is proud to announce the opening of the groundbreaking Waste Management Sustainability Center in Rogers, Arkansas.   When visiting the center, we’ll share with you the next level of environmental innovation, sustainability solutions and best practices in your industry.  Together we’ll discuss ways to extract more value from your current supply chain and explore beneficial reuse opportunities in your organization.
In short, we will expose you to a host of sustainable solutions that can help you maximize your return and minimize environmental impact – key components in meeting the goals of industry, customer, consumer and community stakeholders.  To learn more, or to schedule a meeting at our new LEED Gold Sustainability Center, please contact Nancy Woods at nwoods@wm.com.

Blue Zoo Creative
Blue Zoo Creative is an internet marketing company and have worked on sites for national brands and retailers. Not only can we help you get up and running quickly, but we also can integrate your social media strategy or help you come up with one. We setup websites that give you complete control and are flexible enough to support changes to your online presence in the future. Quit Monkeying around! Get online today.

Hip Cricket

Hipcricket is the one-stop mobile marketing and advertising company that
empowers brands, agencies and media properties to engage customers, drive
loyalty and increase sales. Hipcricket’s customers connect with consumers and
shoppers across every mobile channel, including SMS, 2D/QR codes, mobile
websites, advertising networks, social media and branded apps. Hipcricket’s proven
technology, strategic and marketing services and experienced account management
teams have provided measurable successes across an industry-leading 130,000
campaigns for such clients as Kellogg, Clorox, MillerCoors and Mattel.

Contact Gary Goff at 312-802-7787 or Scott Smith at 469-766-5596.


Maxpoint

MaxPoint Interactive uses a variety of offline data sources to accurately reach your audience online, before they decide what to buy or where to shop. We then deliver your brand message to your audience, driving them to their local Walmart or Sam’s Club to purchase your brand.

MaxPoint’s solution is a great digital addition to your current Shopper Marketing initiatives, reaching your most valuable shoppers easily, efficiently and cost-effectively.

Learn how MaxPoint advances shopper marketing programs. Call 1.800.916.9960 or Email shoppermarketing@maxpointinteractive.com.

Follow us on Twitter: @maxpoint_int