SunTrust Bank

The Saint Consulting Group is currently waging 135 skirmishes against Walmart in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Half its clients are grocery chains Safeway and Albertsons who need help essentially to squelch a competitor's project--a supermarket chain wants to keep a big box especially a Supercenter, out of town. For obvious reasons clients insist on anonymity. So The Saint Consulting Group goes "undercover," riling up neighbors, turning them against a group or company most commonly Walmart, quietly offering legal advice, as well as tips on how to organize and turn up political pressure. Fox says some neighbors are suspicious that he's an enemy plant, though he tells them, "I'm here to help you. I do this across the country." Funds to pay, say, a traffic expert are sometimes handled through attorneys so they can't be traced back to Saint or its client. Fox encourages neighbors to hold fundraisers, which further disguises Saint's fingerprints; its agents use fake names.