Kizer & Bender Biography

Since 1990, consumer anthropologists Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender, known as Kizer & Bender, have assisted hundreds of firms in the retail, creative, restaurant, healthcare, hospitality, college, travel, tanning, beauty, funeral, technology, auto, sales, and service industries. They contribute to MSNBC's Your Business program. They were designated two of Retailing's Most Influential People and made Meetings & Conventions Magazine's list of Meeting Planners Favorite Keynote Speakers. Kizer & Bender are among the Top 40 Omnichannel Retail Influencers as worldwide retail thought leaders. Retail Adventures, an award-winning blog, is routinely ranked among the most important retail and small business blogs. Kizer and Bender are RetailWire BrainTrust panelists and co-hosts and emcees of the renowned Independent Retailer Conference. Kizer & Bender are retail specialists that specialize in generational diversity, consumer trends, marketing, and promotion. They pursue and study the most elusive of mammals: today's customers, as consumer anthropologists. Any speaker may talk about customers, but Kizer and Bender take on the role of customers. Their study involves masquerading as every type of consumer you can imagine, in addition to focus groups, one-on-one interviews, and comprehensive on-site investigations. The outcome of their study is solid ground-level knowledge you can utilize to better serve your own consumers, right from the consumer's mouth. The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal, NBC, CBS, ABC, WGN, MSNBC, National Public Radio (NPR), The Voice of America, AARP, Deseret News, The Washington Post, and the National Retail Federation have all published articles about their findings. Thousands of merchants have benefited from their publications "Visual Merchandising & Store Design: How to Set Your Sales Floor to Sell," "BRANDING!" and "Jingle Bells, Christmas Sells: Events, Promotions, and Tips for the Holiday Season!"Georganne & Rich on the Road, their magazine column, has won the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Award of Excellence twice. The lectures of Kizer & Bender combine great information with vivid examples, comedy, and insight. You'll study while having a good time! Attendees leave with new ideas, plans, tactics, tips, and procedures that they can put to practice as soon as they return to work.

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