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Georganne Bender

(She/Her)
Chicago, Saint Charles
As seen in: Kizer and Bender's Retail Adventures, Forbes, RetailWire, Shopping Centers Today, Jeweller Magazine
Covers:  Retail
Doesn't Cover: Finance
Speakers, consumer anthropologists, consultants, and all about retail. Authors of #Retail Adventures blog. Rich is retired, posts are from Georganne.

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Georganne Bender’s Biography

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Georganne Bender is a speaker, author, consultant, consumer anthropologist and principal of her company KIZER & BENDER Speaking!. Georganne and her partner Rich Kizer have helped thousands of businesses in the retail, creative, restaurant, healthcare, hospitality, collegiate, dive, travel, tanning, beauty, funeral, tech, auto, sales and service industries since 1990.

Georganne and Rich made Meetings & Conventions Magazine's list of Meeting Planners Favorite Keynote Speakers and have been named …

Georganne Bender’s Journalist Portfolio

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Elements of a Great Retail Display

Elements of a Great Retail Display

If we have learned anything from the pandemic it's that independent retailers are highly resilient and can tu…

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8 Low Tech Ideas for a High Tech World

8 Low Tech Ideas for a High Tech World

We are knee deep into the age of the customer experience where shoppers want - and receive - what they want, …

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Enhancing the Shopper Experience!

Enhancing the Shopper Experience!

There's a lot happening at retail right now. While independent retailers were deciding whether to implement c…

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Two Retail Exercises to Adopt RIGHT NOW!

Two Retail Exercises to Adopt RIGHT NOW!

KIZER & BENDER's 360 Degree Pass-By exercise To keep things in balance we recommend that you do our 360 Degre…

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How to improve and create great retail displays

How to improve and create great retail displays

First impressions are undeniably lasting and in the retail business it can determine whether a customer enter…

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How to improve and create great retail displays

How to improve and create great retail displays

First impressions are undeniably lasting and in the retail business it can determine whether a customer enter…

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Mystery shopping: Will you return the favour?

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By Georganne Bender
| Jeweller Magazine Verified
How often do you mystery shop your competition, whether that be in person, online, or on social media? If the answer is “rarely” or “never,” we need to talk! If you’re not regularly shopping your competition, you’re operating with blinders on. Mystery shopping isn’t optional anymore. It’s one of the smartest, cheapest, and most eye-opening business exercises you can do, and it should happen at least once every quarter.
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2026 Australian Jewellery Fair Directory: Get Set, Go!

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By Samuel Ord Verified, Georganne Bender
| Jeweller Magazine Verified
HOVER AND CLICK TO DOWNLOAD eMAG PDF FREE Corkscrew Be one of 200 visitors each day to receive a free corkscrew from Expertise Events. Wine Tasting Unwind and experience a wine tasting from Zerella Wines on the show floor. FREE Lunch Lunch, tea and coffee are free so you can stay energised all day.
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2026 Buying Guide: Earrings that Wow

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By Georganne Bender, Arabella Roden Verified, Samuel Ord Verified
| Jeweller Magazine Verified
Australian Diamond Trading Corporation Bianca Earrings Sapphire Dreams - Sams Group Blush Misha Earrings Pink Kimberley - Sams Group Ellendale Diamonds Australia Ellendale Diamonds Australia Ellendale Diamonds Australia Ellendale Diamonds Australia Ellendale Diamonds Australia Ellendale Diamonds Australia Furla Designa Accessories Glajz Glajz Glajz Gold Molten Cascade Bar Climbers Ania Haie - Duraflex Guess Designa Accessories Hoop Earrings with Zirconia Stones Thomas Sabo - Duraflex Hug Thin...
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