Retail Success Summit 2023 | WhizBang! Retail Training | 12 June 2023 | DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
Venue
DeVos Place
DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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| Event Date | Mon Jun 12 EDT - Tue Jun 13 EDT (over 1 year ago) |
| Location |
DeVos Place
303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA |
| Region | Americas |
Details
Bob and Susan have a combined forty years of retail store experience – Bob as the owner of the Mackinaw Kite Co., a chain of kite and toy stores, and Susan as an executive at retail giants Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, and Lord & Taylor. In 1999 they founded WhizBang! Retail Training and for the last 21 years they have been helping indie retailers run super-successful stores.
In those 21 years, Bob and Susan have worked with hundreds of thousands of retailers, presented at trade shows and conferences all over North America, created numerous courses for retail owners, managers, and employees, and written a best-selling book on retail marketing.
Together they have a knockout one-two punch of sophisticated “big business” skills and street-smart small business experience!
• New Ideas & Inspirations… to make more money, to build an amazing company culture, and to help your business dreams come true,
• New Skills… so you can confidently face the future and be on the cutting-edge of opportunity and profitability,
• New Strategies… to replace those that are out-of-date and causing you to fall behind,
• New Insights… into the opportunities and potential dangers that lie ahead,
• New Tools… to strengthen your retail fundamentals in order to boost profits, lower your stress, and increase your free time,
• New & Stronger Relationships… within the wider Independent Retail community and your own industry,
• New, Refreshed Energy… to lean into the future and surmount all challenges,
• New Confidence… in your knowledge, decision-making powers, direction, and insight.
Speakers
2023 Speakers
Bob Negen
Owner/Entrepreneur/Author, WhizBang! Retail Training
Susan Negen
Retail Expert, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur
Kelly Merbler
Principal, The Kelly Merbler Company, LLC
Scott Cunningham
Co-founder, Merchant Mastery
Crystal Vilkaitis
Founder, Crystal Media
Gilbert Russell
Founder, No Qualms Consulting Inc.
Kaila Piepkow
Founder, Creative Director, Dox Design
Nick McHenry
Founder and CEO, OneShop
Dane Cohen
Director of Sales & Business Development, Management One Ltd