Consumer Goods & Services

The GLG Consumer Goods & Services Research Practice provides access to a global network of over 27,000 industry professionals across the Automotive, Leisure & Lodging, Retail and Food & Beverage industries.

These Council Members include current and former senior executives, world class merchants, leading industry consultants, franchisees and best-of-breed market research firms.

Leading Experts on Consumer Goods & Services

Leading Experts include Council Members from GLG Member Programs. The Gerson Lehrman Group® (GLG) Leader^SM Program is our premium Member Program^SM. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Roger Davidson

Chief Operating Officer
MaGi Foods LLC

Roger Davidson is currently Chief Operating Officer of MaGi Foods, an innovative food processor focused on bringing affordable, all natural shelf stable products to market on an international scale. He is also an independent consultant with a focus on...

Rick Shea

President
Shea Marketing Consulting Inc.

Rick Shea is the President of Shea Marketing Consulting since July 2007, a firm that specializes in providing marketing expertise to CPG/Food companies. He has over 20 years of marketing experience as VP of Marketing for Kraft, Unilever, George Weston...

Mark Fendley

Continuous Improvement Manager
BMW MANUFACTURING CO., LLC

Mark Fendley is Continuous Improvement Manager for BMW AG, and is based in South Carolina. Mr. Fendley has over eleven years of executive experience with BMW and over 20 years of experience in Asian and European OEM manufacturing, supplier development,...

Jason Kra

Owner
Total Sports Resources

Jason Kra has a well-deserved reputation as Wall Street’s ‘go to’ apparel manufacturing and sourcing expert for his bankable insights into the conditions and trends impacting pricing for apparel retailers. The President and Owner of Foreign Resources...

Mitchell Weber

Vice President of Sales and Sourcing
Herman Kay

Mitchell Weber is the Vice President of Sales and Sourcing at Herman Kay, since August 2011. Previously, Mr. Weber was Executive Vice President of Sales and Sourcing at Rewire Clothing Company, from August 2010-August 2011. He specializes in the sourcing/production...

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GLG Study Groups in Consumer Goods & Services(?)

Study Group Name	No. Members
Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council	5704
Experts in the Automotive Council	4050
For-Profit Education Industry Experts	1704
Automotive Aftermarket Distributors	891
Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers	846

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GLG News^SM Analyses in Consumer Goods & Services

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The U.S. restaurant inventory won't decline

January 26, 2012

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:McDonald's Profit Rises 11%, but Investors Fret Over 2012 | www.nytimes.com

There are almost 1 million food and beverage venues in the U.S., meaning you can get something to eat almost anywhere. But that complicates matters for an industry based on growth. Despite some analysts’ hopes, we don’t feel that flat venue expectations are a positive driver of same store sales.

Apple brings textbooks to iPad -- Finally

January 20, 2012

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Apple Brings Textbooks to iPad | www.usatoday.com

Apple’s announcement is a small step that will start a worldwide cascade of change

PayPal loses a key player in mobile device payments to Yahoo

January 10, 2012

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Scott Thompson to become CEO of Yahoo! | ebayinkblog.com

Months after losing executives to Google, PayPal has now lost Scott Thompson who was leading its latest mobile device payment and point-of-sale initiatives. PayPal’s progress with mobile payments already appears to be a step behind the competition; It is difficult to see how it will catch up in the upcoming months.

More details and insights about the planned Sears Holdings store closings

January 4, 2012

Analysis by:Howie Gelbtuch, Principal,

Sears Holdings recently announced plans to close 100 to 120 of its stores. Of these, 79 locations were disclosed on December 27, 2011 and 90% of them – 71 stores— are in our proprietary database of retail stores. We estimate that the 71 stores we identified total about 6.6 million square feet of gross leasable area, an average of roughly 93,000 square feet per location.

Three things you should know about Sears store closings

December 29, 2011

Analysis by:Kenneth Leonard, Principal,

The WSJ carried an article indicating that Sears would close “100 to 120 stores” in an effort to “try to fix the problem of falling sales”. The article was based on an internal memo in which Sears also announced “that the store closings will generate $140 to $170 million in cash from inventory sales and that they expect the sale or sublease of real estate holdings to add more cash”.

GLG Live Meetings in Consumer Goods & Services(?)

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GLG Webcasts

Webcast: China Retail 2012 (4:00 PM HKT)

2/16/2012

Teleconference: New York Toy Fair Wrap Up (10:00 AM EST)

2/16/2012

Teleconference: Mattress Industry's 2012 Outlook (11:00 AM EST)

2/15/2012

Webcast: Thirst for India’s NARTD Market (4:00 PM IST)

2/2/2012

Teleconference: Viva Vacation - Timeshare Industry’s 2012 Outlook (11:00 AM EST)

1/24/2012

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GLG Vital Signs^SM

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GLG Vital Signs: Toyota Recall

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