Rich Kizer

Rich Kizer

IL, US
Any speaker can talk about customers, but KIZER & BENDER actually become them. In addition to focus groups, one-on-one interviews, and intensive on-site studies; their research includes posing as every kind of customer you can imagine.

Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender are professional speakers, retail strategists and consultants whose client list reads like an International "Who's Who" in business. Companies depend upon KIZER & BENDER for timely advice on consumers and the changing retail market place.

Each year, Kizer & Bender speak to thousands through their "Retail Adventures in the REAL WorldTM" keynotes and seminars. Their unique consumer insights are widely featured in the Medias, including the ABC National News special report, "How Stores Hook You".

KIZER & BENDER's book, "Champagne Strategies on a Beer Budget!" has helped thousands of retailers improve their bottom line, and their "Retail AdventuresTM" Blog is visited by tens of thousands of readers each month. Their popular magazine column, "Georganne & Rich on the Road", was twice honored with the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Award of Excellence.  

Named "Two of Retailing's Most Influential People," KIZER & BENDER are experts on generational diversity, marketing and promotion, and everything retail. They are widely referred to as retail anthropologists because they stalk and study that most elusive of mammals: today's consumer.  

Any speaker can talk about customers, but Georganne and Rich actually become them. In addition to focus groups, one-on-one interviews, and intensive on-site studies; their research includes posing as every kind of customer you can imagine - and maybe even a few that you can't! The result of their research is literally straight from the customers' mouth: solid, ground-level intelligence that you can use today to better serve your own customers and build your business.

Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender are professional speakers, retail strategists and consultants whose client list reads like an International "Who's Who" in business. Companies depend upon KIZER & BENDER for timely advice on consumers and the changing retail market place.

Each year, Kizer & Bender speak to thousands through their "Retail Adventures in the REAL WorldTM" keynotes and seminars. Their unique consumer insights are widely featured in the Medias, including the ABC National News special report, "How Stores Hook You".

KIZER & BENDER's book, "Champagne Strategies on a Beer Budget!" has helped thousands of retailers improve their bottom line, and their "Retail AdventuresTM" Blog is visited by tens of thousands of readers each month. Their popular magazine column, "Georganne & Rich on the Road", was twice honored with the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Award of Excellence.  

Named "Two of Retailing's Most Influential People," KIZER & BENDER are experts on generational diversity, marketing and promotion, and everything retail. They are widely referred to as retail anthropologists because they stalk and study that most elusive of mammals: today's consumer.  

Any speaker can talk about customers, but Georganne and Rich actually become them. In addition to focus groups, one-on-one interviews, and intensive on-site studies; their research includes posing as every kind of customer you can imagine - and maybe even a few that you can't! The result of their research is literally straight from the customers' mouth: solid, ground-level intelligence that you can use today to better serve your own customers and build your business.