Don Gallegos
Don Gallegos thinks that the most important goal of a business is to win customers.
His career in the supermarket industry, from a buyer to finally president of King Soopers Supermarkets (part of The Kroger Co.), taught him many lessons about the importance of keeping customers loyal to your business. His presentations are filled with true stories that help all kinds of retailers understand how to make their customer service the best.

Al Norman
Al Norman is the leading voice in the movement to stop the spread of Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers. As editor of the monthly Sprawl-Busters Alert, Al helps people every day face the challenges of a Wal-Mart coming to their neighborhood. He has worked with countless citizens’ and business groups who need a person with the knowledge, tactics and courage to take on the biggest retailer in the world – and win!


Kevin Coupe
 Kevin Coupe is the founder and "Content Guy" of MorningNewsBeat.com, a daily news and information site for retailers and manufacturers that features "Retail News with a Point of View," reaching thousands of people and businesses each day. He entertains and enlightens audiences with his presentations about emerging consumer and business trends and how retailers and manufacturers can use them to market their businesses.

John Stanton
Dr. John Stanton has been in the food industry for over 30 years. As professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph’s University and the Peck Fellow for FMI/IFDA, John has a wealth of knowledge, which he uses in consulting with many food retailers and manufacturers. His philosophy of customer service goes far beyond simply satisfying their needs; he claims you have to “delight” your customers.


Harold Lloyd
Passion, excitement, knowledge and sincerity are all words that are commonly associated with Harold Lloyd’s presentations. Each presentation is practical and applicable to the needs of the audience. Harold’s goal is to have everyone in the audience gain a better understanding of the topic at hand and be ready to take action immediately.

Brian Woolf
Brian Woolf is a global leader in loyalty marketing. In addition to writing three definitive books on the subject, Brian spends his time helping retailers develop and strengthen their loyalty programs. His speeches about loyalty marketing detail exactly how such programs work for any size business.


Richard George
Dr. Richard George is professor of food marketing at St. Joseph’s University, and one of the top speakers in the United States on food marketing issues. Rich consults with leading food manufacturers and retail organizations on how to improve their businesses. His approach to food marketing strategy is comparable to a chess game. The secret, he says, is to outthink your competitor.


Murray Raphel
Murray Raphel is one of the world's leading speakers and consultants on direct marketing, advertising and promotion with an emphasis on taking care of the customer. He developed Gordon's Alley, a multi-million dollar shopping center in Atlantic City. He includes the ideas that worked for him then...and new ideas that work now...as part of his seminars.

Alan Rosenspan
Alan Rosenspan is the president of Alan Rosenspan & Associates, a direct marketing creative services and consulting company. He and his teams have won over 100 awards for creativity and results, including the 1997 "Direct Marketer of the Year" for New England. His presentations on direct marketing, as well as on encouraging creativity in an organization, are highly interactive and thought-provoking.

Tom Leonard
As part of the legendary Stew Leonard family, Tom Leonard “grew up” in the supermarket business. His experiences throughout the years, including his most recent venture, Tom Leonard’s Farmer’s Market, give him a great background for speaking about the retail experience as entertainment and how to treat customers.

Chris Hoyt
Founder of Hoyt & Company and a CPG Marketing and Sales Consultant for over 35 years, Chris has developed an industry-wide reputation for his real-world, fact-filled, challenging and entertaining presentations.  Because Chris actually “walked the walk” in senior management positions with Proctor & Gamble and Clairol prior to becoming a consultant, he knows the difference between theory and practice and leaves his audiences significantly better equipped to deal with the realities of the current marketplace.


George Whalin
George is a highly sought after speaker for retail companies, associations, and consumer products manufacturers and suppliers. His presentations are information-packed, exciting, entertaining, humorous, and motivational. But his top priority is to give audiences innovative ideas as well as practical, hard-hitting strategies and no-nonsense tools they can put to use right away to build their businesses, sell more merchandise, and better serve today's savvy consumers.