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Kevin Graff
President
Graff Retail
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Graff Retail
The Graff Retail Report
Free monthly retail newsletter
Anne Bieler
Sr. Associate
Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions
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Mel Kleiman
President
Humetrics
blog | email | website | profile
Bernice Hurst
Managing Director
Fine Food Network
blog | email | profile
Bernice Hurst - Fine Food Network
MANAGEMENT BRIEFING: Who says we have freedom of choice?
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David Biernbaum
Senior Marketing and Business Development Consultant
David Biernbaum Associates
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DAVID BIERNBAUM & ASSOCIATES
David Biernbaum Web Site:
Very educational for CPG companies!
John Crossman
President
Crossman & Company
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International Council of Shopping Centers
2010 Florida Retail Report
Overview of Florida retail market; in-state regional summaries
Gene Detroyer
Entrepreneur, Advisor, Consultant, Counselor
Independent
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Bob Phibbs
President/CEO
The Retail Doctor & Associates
blog | email | website | profile
The Retail Doctor's Blog
Retail Sales Training, Marketing, Franchise Development
Posts on how to succeed, particularly in a shaky economy
Cathy Hotka
Principal
Cathy Hotka & Associates
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Mark Johnson
President and CEO
Loyalty 360
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Camille P. Schuster, Ph.D.
President
Global Collaborations, Inc.
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Paula Rosenblum
Managing Partner
RSR Research
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Ryan Mathews
Founder, ceo
Black Monk Consulting
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Max Goldberg
Founding Partner
The Radical Clarity Group
blog | email | website | profile
The Radical Clarity Group
Accelerating Your Business
Daily advice for small and mid-sized companies
David Livingston
Principal
DJL Research
blog | email | website | profile
Susan Rider
President
Rider and Associates, LLC
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Alison Chaltas
Principal
Interscope
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Doug Stephens
President
Retail Prophet
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Dan Berthiaume
Editor
Retailer Daily
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Kai Clarke
President
Miraclebeam Products, Inc.
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Odonna Mathews
President
Odonna Mathews Consulting
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RetailWire Webinar
Enabling the Health/Diet Connection
Recording of panel discussion (Windows Media Format)
Gene Hoffman
President
Corporate Strategies International
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Roger Saunders
Managing Director
PROSPER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / BIGResearch
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Marge Laney
President
Alert Technologies, Inc.
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Bill Emerson
President
Emerson Advisors
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Ed Rosenbaum
CEO, The Customer Service Rainmaker
Rainmaker Solutions
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Joel Warady
Principal
Joel Warady Group
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Joel Warady Group
Warady's Riffs, Raves, and Rants on Marketing
A Marketing, Branding, Social Media, & Trends Blog
Steve Montgomery
President
b2b Solutions, LLC
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b2b Solutions, LLC
b2b Solutions Web site:
The source for convenience / petroleum consulting.
James Tenser
Principal
VSN Strategies
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VSN Strategies
TENSER'S TIRADES - Blog
Retail Marketing Analysis Blog
Richard Seesel
Principal
Retailing In Focus LLC
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Retailing In Focus
Dick Seesel's Blog about Retail Today
Strategic Insights for Stores and Suppliers
Gib Bassett
Director of Sales and Marketing
Interactive Mediums
blog | email | website | profile
Interactive Mediums
What Chief Marketers Need to Know about Text Messaging
White Paper
Bill Hanifin
Managing Director
Hanifin Loyalty LLC
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Hanifin Loyalty LLC
Loyalty Truth Blog
Unbiased Insights on Customer Strategies & Loyalty Marketing

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Brian Anderson
President, BA Search Group
Carlos Arámbula
Managing Partner, Arámbula-Phillips Communications, Inc.
Nikki Baird
Managing Partner, RSR Research
Ben Ball
Senior Vice President, Dechert-Hampe
M. Jericho Banks PhD
President, CEO, Forensic Marketing LLC
Gib Bassett
Director of Sales and Marketing, Interactive Mediums
Mark Baum
Partner, MARCAT Group LLC
Gregory Belkin
Research Analyst - Retail, Aberdeen Group
Dan Berthiaume
Editor, Retailer Daily
Zel Bianco
President/CEO, Interactive Edge, Inc.
Anne Bieler
Sr. Associate, Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions
David Biernbaum
Senior Marketing and Business Development Consultant, David Biernbaum Associates
Bill Bittner
President, BWH Consulting
John Boccuzzi, Jr.
Managing Partner, Boccuzzi, LLC
Lisa Bradner
President, Geomentum
Alison Chaltas
Principal, Interscope
Kai Clarke
President, Miraclebeam Products, Inc.
Liz Crawford
SVP, MARS Advertising
John Crossman
President, Crossman & Company
Laura Davis-Taylor
VP of Global Retail Strategy, Creative Realities, LLC
J. Peter Deeb
Partner, Deeb MacDonald & Associates, L.L.C.
W. Frank Dell II, CMC
President, Dellmart & Company
Don Delzell
Managing Director, Future Merchants, Inc.
Dan Desmarais
President, Cantactix Solutions Inc.
Gene Detroyer
Entrepreneur, Advisor, Consultant, Counselor, Independent
Janet Dorenkott
VP & Co-owner, Relational Solutions, Inc.
David Dorf
Director of Technology Strategy, Oracle Retail
Devangshu Dutta
Chief Executive, Third Eyesight
Gary Edwards, PhD
Executive VP, Client Services, Empathica, Inc.
Bill Emerson
President, Emerson Advisors
Peter Fader
Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School of the Univ. of Pennsylvania
Doug Fleener
President and Managing Partner, Dynamic Experiences Group
Jerry Gelsomino
Principal, FutureBest
Richard J. George, Ph.D.
Professor of Food Marketing, Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph's University
Dan Gilmore
President and Editor in Chief, SupplyChainDigest
Max Goldberg
Founding Partner, The Radical Clarity Group
Marc Gordon
President, Fourword Marketing
Kevin Graff
President, Graff Retail
Jeff Hall
President, Second To None, Inc.
Bill Hanifin
Managing Director, Hanifin Loyalty LLC
Tim Henderson
Senior Director, Consumer Strategist, Retail, Iconoculture Inc.
Gene Hoffman
President, Corporate Strategies International
Cathy Hotka
Principal, Cathy Hotka & Associates
Michael L. Howatt
Retail and Shopper Insights Consultant, Ascension Growth & Innovation Strategies
Anne Howe
Sr. Vice President - Market Intelligence, MARS Advertising
Ted Hurlbut
Principal, Hurlbut & Associates
Bernice Hurst
Managing Director, Fine Food Network
Ralph Jacobson
Global Consumer Products Industry Marketing Executive, IBM
Mark Johnson
President and CEO, Loyalty 360
Raymond D. Jones
Managing Director, Dechert-Hampe & Co.
John Karolefski
Editor in Chief, CPGmatters.com
Mel Kleiman
President, Humetrics
Scott Knaul
Retail Principal, Workforce Insight
Marge Laney
President, Alert Technologies, Inc.
Len Lewis
President, Lewis Communications, Inc.
David Livingston
Principal, DJL Research
Jonathan Marek
Senior Vice President, Applied Predictive Technologies
Ron Margulis
Managing Director, RAM Communications
Odonna Mathews
President, Odonna Mathews Consulting
Ryan Mathews
Founder, ceo, Black Monk Consulting
Tom McGoldrick
Director of Research and Consulting, Questar
Sandy Miller
President, Miller Zell
Steve Montgomery
President, b2b Solutions, LLC
Charlie Moro
President, CFS Consulting Group, LLC
David Morse
President & CEO, New American Dimensions, LLC
Anna Murray
President, e*media division
Dr. Stephen Needel
Managing Partner, Advanced Simulations
Rochelle Newman-Carrasco
Chief Hispanic Strategist, Walton Isaacson
Chuck Palmer
Principal Strategist, Consumer Experience Design, llc
Ian Percy
President, The Ian Percy Corporation
Lee Peterson
EVP Creative Services, WD Partners
Bob Phibbs
President/CEO, The Retail Doctor & Associates
Mark Price
Managing Partner, M Squared Group, Inc.
Dan Raftery
President, Raftery Resource Network Inc.
Christopher P. Ramey
President, Affluent Insights
Shilpa Rao
Retail Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services
Susan Rider
President, Rider and Associates, LLC
Bill Robinson
Senior Executive, QuantiSense
Mike Romano
EVP Sales and Client Services, Co-founder, SmartReply Mobile, Social & Digital Marketing
Ed Rosenbaum
CEO, The Customer Service Rainmaker, Rainmaker Solutions
Paula Rosenblum
Managing Partner, RSR Research
Phil Rubin
CEO, rDialogue
Joel Rubinson
Chief Research Officer, The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF)
Roger Saunders
Managing Director, PROSPER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / BIGResearch
Paul R. Schottmiller
Director, Global Retail and Consumer Products, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Evan Schuman
Editor, StorefrontBacktalk.com
Camille P. Schuster, Ph.D.
President, Global Collaborations, Inc.
Richard Seesel
Principal, Retailing In Focus LLC
Roger Selbert, Ph.D.
Editor & Publisher, Integrated Retailing
Derek Smith
Vice President, Retail Industry Marketing, DemandTec, Inc.
Herb Sorensen, Ph.D.
ScientificAdvisor, TNS Global Retail & Shopper Practice
Carol Spieckerman
President, newmarketbuilders
Ben Sprecher
Founder and VP, Marketing, Incentive Targeting, Inc.
Doug Stephens
President, Retail Prophet
Kevin Sterneckert
Research Director, Retail, AMR Research
James Tenser
Principal, VSN Strategies
Michael Tesler
President and Founder, Retail Concepts
Warren Thayer
Editor & Managing Partner, Frozen & Dairy Buyer
Joan Treistman
President, The Treistman Group LLC
Charles P. Walsh
President, OmniQuest Resources, Inc
Joel Warady
Principal, Joel Warady Group
Edward Weisberg
Managing Partner, Ecommerce Expertise
Dave Wendland
Vice President, Hamacher Resource Group
George Whalin
President & CEO, Retail Management Consultants
Roy White
Business Development Executive, RetailWire
Art Williams
Retail Marketing Consultant/Analyst, Independent
David Zahn
Managing Partner, ZAHN Consulting, LLC

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