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Bill Emerson
President
Emerson Advisors
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M. Jericho Banks PhD
President, CEO
Forensic Marketing LLC
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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
Ralph Jacobson
Global Consumer Products Industry Marketing Executive
IBM
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IBM Corporation
Smarter Food Supply
Technology is ensuring your food is getting "smarter".
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
W. Frank Dell II, CMC
President
Dellmart & Company
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Dellmart & Company
Dellmart Perspective: Pricing Private Label
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Ben Ball
Senior Vice President
Dechert-Hampe
blog | email | website | profile
Dechert-Hampe & Company
Retail Formats in Transition - Executive Summary
Survey Results - February 2009
Gene Detroyer
Entrepreneur, Advisor, Consultant, Counselor
Independent
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Anne Bieler
Sr. Associate
Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions
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James Tenser
Principal
VSN Strategies
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VSN Strategies
TENSER'S TIRADES - Blog
Retail Marketing Analysis Blog
Marc Gordon
President
Fourword Marketing
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Marc Gordon
Unique Selling Proposition: Have You Got One?
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Lee Peterson
EVP Creative Services
WD Partners
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Sandy Miller
President
Miller Zell
blog | email | website | profile
Susan Rider
President
Rider and Associates, LLC
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Mel Kleiman
President
Humetrics
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Bob Phibbs
President/CEO
The Retail Doctor & Associates
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The Retail Doctor's Blog
Retail Sales Training, Marketing, Franchise Development
Posts on how to succeed, particularly in a shaky economy
David Livingston
Principal
DJL Research
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Roger Saunders
Managing Director
PROSPER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / BIGResearch
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Max Goldberg
Founding Partner
The Radical Clarity Group
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The Radical Clarity Group
Accelerating Your Business
Daily advice for small and mid-sized companies
Bill Hanifin
Managing Director
Hanifin Loyalty LLC
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Hanifin Loyalty LLC
Loyalty Truth Blog
Unbiased Insights on Customer Strategies & Loyalty Marketing
John Boccuzzi, Jr.
Managing Partner
Boccuzzi, LLC
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Instant Combo Savings
The next generation of Shopper Marketing Partnership Programs
400%+ volume lift at everyday prices is game changing!
Kai Clarke
President
Miraclebeam Products, Inc.
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Gene Hoffman
President
Corporate Strategies International
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Mark Johnson
President and CEO
Loyalty 360
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Steve Montgomery
President
b2b Solutions, LLC
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Ted Hurlbut
Principal
Hurlbut & Associates
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Hurlbut & Associates
Ted Hurlbut's Retail Blog
Perspectives for the Entrepreneurial Retailer
Paula Rosenblum
Managing Partner
RSR Research
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Carol Spieckerman
President
newmarketbuilders
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newmarketbuilders
Always right, sometimes early!
Blog - Retail in no particular order...
Cathy Hotka
Principal
Cathy Hotka & Associates
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Doug Stephens
President
Retail Prophet
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Doron Levy
President
Captus Business Consulting
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Captus Business Consulting
Can you benefit from CUE?
Article (PDF format)
Ryan Mathews
Founder, ceo
Black Monk Consulting
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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
Mark Baum
Partner, MARCAT Group LLC
Mary Baum
Chairman, Mary Baum Creative Services
Gregory Belkin
Research Analyst - Retail, Aberdeen Group
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
principal analyst, Forrester Research
Steve Bramhall
Managing Director, SB Purchasing
Alison Chaltas
Principal, Interscope
Kai Clarke
President, Miraclebeam Products, Inc.
Liz Crawford
President, Crawford Consulting
John Crossman
President, Crossman & Company
Laura Davis-Taylor
Founder and Principal, Retail Media Consulting
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
Vice President, Category Management Solutions, JDA Software Group, 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
John Gaffney
Senior Analyst, Retail Touchpoints
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
Kenneth A. Grady
General Counsel and Secretary, Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
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.
Mel Kleiman
President, Humetrics
Scott Knaul
Retail Principal, Workforce Insight
Marge Laney
President, Alert Technologies, Inc.
Doron Levy
President, Captus Business Consulting
Len Lewis
President, Lewis Communications, Inc.
David Livingston
Principal, DJL Research
John Lofstock
Editor-in-Chief, Convenience Store Decisions
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
Pradip V. Mehta, P.E.
Principal, Mehta Consulting, LLC
Peter Milic
Senior Vice-President, Ipsos
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 Marketing Strategist, Walton|Isaacson
Mike Osorio
Principal, Osorio Group LLC
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
David Rich
President & CEO, ICC/Decision Services
Susan Rider
President, Rider and Associates, LLC
Bill Robinson
Senior Executive, QuantiSense
Mike Romano
EVP, Co-founder, SmartReply Mobile Advertising & Marketing Services
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
Peter N. Schaeffer
Partner, Carl Marks Advisory Group
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
Matthew Spahn
President & CEO, planitretail, LLC
Carol Spieckerman
President, newmarketbuilders
Ben Sprecher
Founder and President, Incentive Targeting, Inc.
Doug Stephens
President, Retail Prophet
Kevin Sterneckert
Research Director, Retail, AMR Research
Phillip T. Straniero
Executive-in-Residence, Western Michigan University
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
Santiago Vega
President, CEO & Creative Director, Alfonso Eudoro I Inc.
Charles P. Walsh
President, OmniQuest Resources, Inc
Joel Warady
Principal, Joel Warady Group
Edward Weisberg
Managing Partner, Ecommerce Expertise
Barton A. Weitz
Professor, Exec. Dir. - Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research, University of Florida
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
Ken Wyker
President, Circular Logic
David Zahn
Managing Partner, ZAHN Consulting, LLC