Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

After growing more than $2 billion to $6.1 billion between 2002 and 2006, the natural and organic personal care products market is expected to post another increase by 2012 with projected sales of nearly $10.2 billion.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. makes a $1.5 million donation to the University of Arkansas Applied Sustainability Center to fund projects related to advanced research on greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture and environmental education.

Hallmark Cards Inc. expands its use of MicroStrategy business intelligence software for enterprise-wide reporting and analysis.

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.

Nokia has chosen India as the first location in a series of satellite design studios that it plans to establish in design hot spots around the world, signaling the increasing impact the country is having on the development of mobile phones.

Nokia has chosen India as the location for the first in a series of satellite design studios it plans to establish in design hot spots around the world, signaling the increasing impact the country is having on the development of mobile phones.

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

Outsourcing across industries continues to grow and while one significant trend -- offshoring -- continues another model has developed -- multisourcing.