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George Whalin George Whalin is the founding partner and president of Retail Management Consultants. He is a nationally known retail authority, writer, speaker, and publisher of one of the nation's most widely read retail industry newsletters - George Whalin's Retail Management Letter. Prior to founding his consulting firm in 1987, he was a retailer. His retail career, spanning 25 years, included owning and managing a small chain of stores followed by senior management positions with a 125-store consumer electronics chain. Each year George delivers high-content speeches and seminars for retail companies, consumer products manufacturers and suppliers, and leading retail trade associations and groups. He is one of the nation's most sought-after retail speakers. His speeches, seminars, and convention breakouts are exciting, entertaining, and jam-packed with innovative ideas as well as practical, hard-hitting strategies, and no-nonsense tools for building a successful business, selling more merchandise, and serving today's savvy consumers. He writes articles and monthly columns for and is regularly quoted in leading retail trade and business publications including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Furniture/Today, Home Furnishings Executive, Footwear News, Footwear+, Golf Shop Operations, Impressions, Showcase International, and many of the nation's daily newspapers.