Kizer & Bender, RetailMAVENS & Retail Minded Announce Speaking Series

Retail Experts Kizer & Bender, Cathy Wagner and Nicole Leinbach Reyhle Announce Speaking Series

Geneva, IL (September 23, 2013) – International retail keynote speakers Kizer & Bender (Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender) along with RetailMAVENS Founder Cathy Wagner and Retail Minded Founder and Publisher Nicole Leinbach Reyhle have come together to create a dynamic speaking series – “Retail Revival: Bring Your Store to Life” – that will kick off October 22, 2013 in St. Charles, Illinois, then continue nationwide.

Identified collectively as the “Retail Influencers”, this foursome is excited to share the stage in an effort to support the always evolving and vastly diverse community of independent retailers. Whether you support the gift, pet, children’s, craft, apparel, accessory, hardware or any other retail specific category, the Retail Influencers are a fantastic choice to welcome to your next event.

We are excited about Retail Influencers for so many reasons. The information and support we can collectively share is invaluable to retailers, and we’re thrilled to share the stage with other talented speakers and retail supporters,” states Georganne Bender, one half of keynote speakers and consumer anthropologists Kizer & Bender.

Each well respected in their own unique ways, Retail Influencers organically came to life after Retail Minded’s Founder and Publisher Nicole Leinbach Reyhle seeked to share more retail knowledge with the vastly diverse and always evolving independent retail community. For years, Reyhle and Kizer & Bender had been supporters of each other, and likewise, Reyhle and Wagner had been supporters of each other’s work. The idea to bring all four of these retail experts together seemed only natural, particularly since each respective headquarters are merely miles apart from each other.

Having first met Kizer & Bender at a retail event in Las Vegas, I was surprised to learn many years ago their office was only a few miles away from mine. A few years later, it was discovered RetailMAVENS was also only a few miles away. It seemed too perfect not to get together and somehow support retailers as a collective group. While we have discussed a variety of ways to do so and may offer more opportunities in the future, we’re excited to kick start our efforts with a speaking series that brings each of our strengths to the stage together,” Reyhle explains.

The Retail Influencers will first share a stage on October 22, 2013 at the historic Arcada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. In 2014, they have already secured a variety of speaking events and will continue to be available for retail trade associations, national and local retail communities, trade shows and much more.

What I love about being a part of the Retail Influencers is that we not only enjoy each other’s company, but we thoroughly respect what we can each share and educate retailers on. Together, attendees of our speaking series can expect to learn about in-store operations, events, marketing, customer service, inventory management and of course, how to make more money. It’s truly a one-stop presentation that retailers will gain so much from,” Wagner of RetailMAVENS states.

To learn more about the Retail Influencers or to consider them for your next speaking program, contact Retail Minded at nicole@retailminded.com.