It's certainly not going to be a consumer darling anytime soon, but with the World Health Organization, American Medical Association, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and other organizations concluding that genetically modified crops aren't any less safe than crops modified by conventional harvest improvement techniques, it may not be as despised as it was in the past. Walmart ( WMT ) The world's largest retailer made the Final Four last year, and activists challenging the chain to provide higher wages and better benefits only intensified their protests this holiday shopping season. Walmart did win some accolades this past summer for hosting an event where hundreds of stateside suppliers pitched their products -- part of the discount department store chain's commitment to buy an additional $250 billion worth of American-made products through the next 10 years -- but it's still a brand that's reeling.