What happened Shares of SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ: SDC) climbed 53.2% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, driven by a combination of a new retail partnership with Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and the expiration of its previous exclusive supply agreement with Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN). To be sure, SmileDirectClub stock jumped more than 17% on January 6 alone, after the company announced its launch of oral care products available exclusively at Walmart -- a deal it noted made it "the first provider of clear aligner therapy to offer oral care products in mass retail." IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES. So what To be clear, those oral care products at Walmart do not include SmileDirect's flagship clear aligners, but rather span everything from toothpastes to a water flosser system, teeth whitening kits, and an electric toothbrush. Even so, investors rightly cheered what will likely represent a significant source of incremental revenue. If that wasn't enough, shares continued to rally nearly 15% higher on January 14, followed by a roughly 17% pop on January 15 after SmileDirectClub announced plans to sell its clear aligners to dentists and orthodontists. In particular, the move showed that SmileDirectClub wasn't wasting any time expanding its reach following the December 31, 2019, expiration of its previous exclusive supply agreement with Invisalign parent company Align Technology. Now what Of course, it remains to be seen how quickly these initiatives will translate to accelerated top-line growth for SmileDirectClub. And we still don't know the extent to which this consumer discretionary company may opt to forsake profitability in the near term in order to gain market share against current industry incumbents like Align Technology. Investors will receive more clarity on that when SmileDirectClub releases its fourth-quarter 2019 results on February 25, 2020. In the meantime, though, it was hardly surprising to see the stock rallying so hard in response last month. 10 stocks we like better than SmileDirectClub, Inc.When investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and SmileDirectClub, Inc. wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of December 1, 2019 Steve Symington has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Align Technology. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source