Client List

A selection of recent and former clients

The Future Hunters – they don’t claim to tell the future…but you’d bet they did. NACS has been a member of The Future Hunters’ Whiteboard Program for over 20 years and the results of their research have been spot on helping our industry better understand what the future looks like and what the implications are to our members’ businesses. With the next generation of the firm’s futurists now involved, we expect to rely on their vision and interpretations of the future for some time to come.

Michael DavisVice President, Member Services | NACS

Two explicit objectives of the Advanced Strategic Art Program at the US Army War College are: help the students (Lieutenant Colonels, Colonels and government civilians) build frameworks for evaluation and; understand the environment external to the Department of Defense. The Future Hunters’ white papers provide a superb forum for both objectives and are used in class each year. The students analyze these well written, superbly documented and thought provoking papers to determine how The Future Hunters’ view of the future could affect the United States armed forces.

Colonel William G. Pierce, Ph.D.United States Army War College

One of the breakthroughs we made will add approximately $25million to our bottom line next year! This was done by starting a workshop off with a discussion around The Future Hunters’ concept of “Educated Incapacity” and then addressing a major placement issue we have with one of our products.

Dan ReynoldsManager, Coal Chain | Anglo American Coal

The best example of our relationship with The Future Hunters was the integration of their “Thinking Technologies” to our Western European Fabric Care team back in 2005. We created an “Alien Eyes” workshop, based on The Future Hunters’ book “FutureThink,” which greatly influenced the thinking of the team and its leadership. This contributed to the "Power of Water" insight that led to the launch of Ariel Excel Gel – one of the biggest launches in Fabric Care History. "Seeing with Alien Eyes" has now become part of the vernacular at P&G.

David KuehlerPortfolio Director, Innovation Capability | Procter & Gamble

Our relationship with the Future Hunters helped launch our innovations efforts at Costa Farms. It was through the Whiteboard program that we were able to obtain best practices from corporations that were more advanced in their innovation initiatives than we were.

Charlie AcevedoVice President, Sales & Marketing | Costa Farms

Infrastructure, Technology, & Heavy Industry

  • 3M
  • AkzoNobel
  • Anglo American
  • ARCO
  • Ariens
  • Armstrong World Industries
  • AT&T
  • ATC Logistics and Electronics
  • Brookwood Industries
  • Cliffs Natural Resources
  • Dubai Holding
  • E.I. DuPont
  • Edison Electric Institute
  • Electric Power Research Institute
  • Ford
  • FUNGLODE
  • General Electric Company
  • General Motors
  • Google
  • GPU Nuclear Corporation
  • Grainger
  • Harley-Davidson
  • HK Systems
  • Hoechst Celanese
  • IBM
  • John Deere
  • KAR Auction Services
  • MeadWestvaco
  • MHI Promat
  • Microsoft
  • Monsanto
  • National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc.
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
  • Niagara Mohawk Power
  • Owens-Corning
  • Pacific Petroleum Conf.
  • PayPal
  • Penn Central
  • Perkins + Will
  • Petrosar
  • Philips Electronics
  • Pitney Bowes
  • Port Authority of NY & NJ
  • Portland General Electric
  • Raytheon
  • Rockwell Automation
  • Shell Canada
  • Sperry Corporation
  • TNT Logistics
  • Turkish Federation of Industrial Assoc.
  • U.S. Council on Competitiveness
  • Western Electric
  • Westinghouse
  • Yahoo!

Health, Beauty, & Pharmaceuticals

  • Fragrance Foundation, The
  • Givaudan Roure
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Global Wellness Summit
  • Hoffmann-LaRoche
  • Holy Name Hospital
  • Humana
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • L’Oreal USA
  • Medco Health Solutions
  • Medical Records Institute
  • Merck
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
  • Revlon
  • Sanofi U.S.
  • Schering-Plough
  • U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

Finance, Accounting, & Insurance

  • American Express OPEN
  • American Institute of CPAs
  • American International Group (AIG)
  • American Stock Exchange
  • America’s Community Bankers
  • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
  • Bank Marketing Association
  • Blue Cross of Northeast Pennsylvania
  • Bristol-Myers
  • Chase Bank
  • CIGNA
  • CIT
  • Citigroup
  • Crowe Horwath
  • Ernst & Young
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Financial Accounting Standards Board
  • GE Capital
  • Hartford, The
  • ING
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • J.P. Morgan & Co.
  • John Hancock
  • KPMG
  • Life Insurance Marketing & Research Association
  • Marsh
  • Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  • Metropolitan Life
  • MONY
  • N.Y. Life Insurance Co.
  • Navigant
  • Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.
  • PayPal
  • Prudential
  • Risk and Insurance Management Society
  • Security Pacific Financial Services
  • SIGNET Banking Co.
  • Society of Actuaries
  • Travelers
  • U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
  • U.S. GAO
  • U.S. Trust Co. of New York
  • UBS Securities
  • UNUM Corp.
  • USAA
  • Virchow, Kraus  & Co.
  • Wachovia
  • Wells Fargo

Government, Non-Profits, & Trade Associations

  • AARP
  • Abu Dhabi Department of Economics and Commerce
  • American Apparel Manufacturers Association
  • American Association of Ad Agencies
  • American Council of Life Insurance
  • American Institute of CPAs
  • America’s Community Bankers
  • Association of Junior Leagues International
  • Australian Association of Corporate Directors
  • Ball Brothers Foundation
  • Bank Marketing Association
  • Baptist Gen. Convention of TX
  • Census Bureau
  • Cleveland Foundation, The
  • Conference Board of Canada
  • Conference Board, The
  • Design Management Institute
  • Dubai Holding
  • Edison Electric Institute
  • Electric Power Research Institute
  • Employee Benefits Research Institute
  • Executive Women’s Alliance
  • Fashion Group International
  • Financial Accounting Standards Board
  • Food Marketing Institute
  • FUNGLODE
  • Government of Alberta
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • International Facilities Management Association
  • International Personnel Association
  • Luxury Marketing Council
  • Medical Records Institute
  • N.Y. State Department of Education
  • National Association of Convenience Stores
  • National Association of Corporate Directors
  • National Association of Women Business Owners
  • National Retail Federation
  • National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc.
  • Network of Executive Women
  • New Zealand Institute of Directors
  • Newspaper Association of America
  • Ontario Ministry of Tourism
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
  • Port Authority of NY & NJ
  • Public Oversight Board
  • Real Estate Board of New York
  • Retail Council of Canada
  • Risk and Insurance Management Society
  • Society of Actuaries
  • Southern Baptist Sunday Schoool Board
  • The Panama Canal Authority
  • Treasury Executives Institute
  • Turkish Federation of Industrial Assoc.
  • U.S. Army War College
  • U.S. Council on Competitiveness
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
  • U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
  • U.S. GAO
  • U.S. Naval War College
  • United States Congress
  • United Way of America

Communications & Media

  • American Association of Ad Agencies
  • APCO
  • AT&T
  • Bank Marketing Association
  • Bell Canada
  • Bell South
  • Boardroom Inc.
  • Conference Board, The
  • Contract Magazine
  • Dubai Holding
  • Esquire Magazine
  • Fairchild Publications
  • Financial Times
  • Frontier Communications
  • Hospitality Design Magazine
  • J. Walter Thompson
  • Leo Burnett
  • McGraw Hill
  • MediaTec Publishing
  • NBC Universal
  • New Directions for News
  • Newspaper Association of America
  • Nokia
  • Penton Publishing
  • Porter Novelli
  • Prosek Partners
  • Public Affairs Council
  • St. Petersburg Times
  • Time Warner Cable Media
  • Yahoo!

CPG, Food, & Retail

  • American Apparel Manufacturers Association
  • Amway
  • Avon
  • Best Buy
  • Burger King
  • Campbell’s
  • Charming Shoppes
  • Coastal Sunbelt Produce
  • Coca-Cola
  • Costa Farms
  • CVS Caremark
  • Dial Corp.
  • DressBarn
  • Eddie Bauer
  • Fashion Group International
  • Food Marketing Institute
  • General Mills
  • Giant Eagle
  • Heublein
  • International Council of Shopping Centers
  • ISG/Mars
  • J.C. Penney
  • Joseph Seagram & Sons
  • Kal Kan Foods
  • Kraft
  • Lord & Taylor
  • Lowe’s
  • Luxury Marketing Council
  • Macy’s West
  • Macy’s
  • McDonald’s
  • Molson Coors
  • National Association of College Stores
  • National Association of Convenience Stores
  • National Restaurant Association
  • National Retail Federation
  • Neiman Marcus
  • Nestle
  • Old Navy
  • Pepsico
  • Philip Morris International
  • Pillsbury
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
  • R.J. Reynolds
  • Retail Council of Canada
  • S.C. Johnson & Son
  • Safeway
  • Schottenstein Stores
  • Sears Roebuck & Co.
  • Society of American Florists
  • Taco Bell
  • Target Corporation
  • Texas A&M University, School of Retailing Studies
  • Unilever
  • Women’s Foodservice Forum
  • Women’s Jewelry Association
  • Worth Collection

Professional Services

  • Accenture
  • Alvarez & Marsal
  • American Association of Ad Agencies
  • American Institute of CPAs
  • Association of Executive Search Consultants
  • Australian Association of Corporate Directors
  • Boardroom Inc.
  • Christian & Timbers
  • Conference Board, The
  • Crowe Horwath
  • Design Management Institute
  • Ernst & Young
  • GAP International
  • Grey Advertising
  • International Facilities Management Association
  • J. Walter Thompson
  • Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue
  • KPMG
  • Lee Hecht Harrison
  • Leo Burnett
  • Marsh
  • Navigant
  • New England Bar Association
  • Peacock Myers
  • Pearl Meyer & Partners
  • Perkins & Will
  • Porter Novelli
  • Right Management Consultants
  • Security Industry Automation Corp.
  • ServiceMaster Company
  • Society of Actuaries
  • SRI International

Travel & Entertainment

  • Bedlam Entertainment
  • Disney
  • Dubai Holding
  • Global Wellness Summit
  • Hospitality Design Magazine
  • Luxury Marketing Council
  • Ontario Ministry of Tourism
  • Sotheby’s International Realty
  • United Airlines

Education & HR

  • Arizona State University
  • Association of Executive Search Consultants
  • Christian & Timbers
  • Cornell University
  • Duke Corporate Education
  • Emory University
  • Employee Benefits Research Institute
  • Georgia Tech College of Management
  • International Personnel Association
  • Lee Hecht Harrison
  • N.Y. State Department of Education
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
  • Pearl Meyer & Partners
  • Santa Clara University
  • Spencer Stuart
  • Texas A&M University, School of Retailing Studies
  • University of Dayton
  • University of Notre Dame