On Friday, Shares of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), lost - 2.76% to $66.54.
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation declared a $25 million commitment over five years to support organizations in disaster recovery and resiliency efforts worldwide. The commitment was declared by Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., on Instagram. As part of the commitment, the Walmart Foundation is making an initial investment of $500,000 in grants to select local nonprofits in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
The declaration will be made as part of the “Before. During. After.” forum in New Orleans where Walmart will convene government, business and nonprofit leaders, counting New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Harry Connick, Jr., to reflect on the lessons learned since Hurricane Katrina and inform the future of disaster response. The forum can be viewed on YouTube from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. CDT.
Coinciding with Walmart’s commitment and thought leader forum, new research made possible with funding from Walmart and conducted by Louisiana State University will be released that looks to the past and future of disaster response since Hurricane Katrina to answer the question, “Are We Ready Now?” The study captures insight from academics and first responders who have practiced disasters worldwide regarding the importance of formal public-private partnerships, technology innovations, preparedness, and the power of heroes in disaster relief and resiliency. The research found that the lessons learned from Katrina and other large scale emergencies drove an enhance in public-private partnerships, the use of technology and innovations to create a better “preparedness culture.”
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. It operates discount stores, supermarkets, supercenters, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, home improvement stores, specialty electronics stores, restaurants, apparel stores, drug stores, and convenience stores, in addition to retail Websites, such as walmart.com and samsclub.com.
Shares of COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), declined -5.36% to $56.50, during its last trading session.
comScore, declared that Aaron Fetters has joined comScore as Senior Vice President of Marketing Solutions. Based in Chicago, Mr. Fetters will be responsible for leading the company’s work with its consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and automotive clients.
Mr. Fetters has nearly 20 years of experience in the CPG industry, and has held previous positions at Kellogg Company and Procter and Gamble. Most recently, he served as director of the Insights and Analytics Solutions Center at the Kellogg Company. In this role, he oversaw a broad marketing insights organization tasked with building leading-edge approaches in areas such as market mix modeling, advanced digital marketing analytics, and programmatic advertising.
“I am thrilled to welcome Aaron to comScore,” said Manish Bhatia, comScore Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. “For years we had the privilege of working with him in his previous role at Kellogg Company, and are happy that he’ll now be bringing his extensive experience in digital advertising and market research to comScore clients. Aaron’s deep-seated knowledge of and work with our industry at large makes him an invaluable asset to both our company and the brands we serve.”
comScore, Inc. provides digital media analytics products and services for content publishers, advertisers, advertising agencies, and network operators primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Its products and services offer its customers an insight into consumer behavior, counting objective, detailed information about consumer usage of digital content, and advertising coupled with information on consumer demographic characteristics, attitudes, lifestyles, and offline behavior.
Finally, LDR Holding Corp (NASDAQ:LDRH), ended its last trade with 1.10% gain, and closed at $40.39.
LDR Holding Corporation, declared the closing of its public offering of 2,300,000 shares of its common stock, at a price to the public of $40.00 per share, which comprises the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 300,000 shares of common stock. The total net proceeds from the offering are estimated to be about $86.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by LDR.
Piper Jaffray and William Blair acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Cowen and Company and RBC Capital Markets acted as co-lead managers. BMO Capital Markets, JMP Securities, Stephens Inc. and Brean Capital acted as co-managers.
LDR Holding Corporation, a medical device company, focuses on designing and commercializing various surgical technologies for the treatment of patients suffering from spine disorders in the United States and internationally.
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