Biography: Brian Woolf is a consultant who works with retailers on three continents. Most of his work in recent years has centered on helping retailers gain a competitive edge by taking full advantage of their detailed customer information.
His business life has been centered in retailing in various roles including Deputy Managing Director of Progressive Enterprises, a major New Zealand retailer; Chief Financial Officer of Food Lion, America's low price, low cost supermarket leader; and President of One Price Clothing, a women's discount apparel chain. He is now President of the Retail Strategy Center Inc. based in Greenville, South Carolina.
He is considered one of the leading experts in
customer specific marketing, speaks extensively on the subject, and is the author of the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council's 1993 study entitled
Measured Marketing: A Tool to Shape Food Store Strategy. His earlier book,
Shrinking The Corporate Waistline, describes the cost-saving practices of leading lean retailers.
He has a Masters degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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