Authors
Mark Cohen & Phil Lempert
Mark A. Cohen recently retired as Director of Retail Studies at The Columbia Business School where he taught an array of retailing and leadership courses for 18 years. Before re-joining his Alma Mater Columbia, as a faculty member, (BS EE 69, MBA 71) he was Chairman/CEO of Sears Canada Inc, Chief Marketing Officer and President of Softlines of Sears Roebuck & Co., Chairman/CEO of Bradlees Inc., and Chairman/CEO of Lazarus Department Stores. He has also held executive positions at Abraham & Strauss, The Gap, Lord & Taylor, Mervyn’s and Goldsmith’s Department Stores.
Phil Lempert started his career as The SupermarketGuru(R) on his grandfather’s dairy farm in Belleville New Jersey, although he admits that he has yet to actually milk a cow!
For more than 25 years, Lempert, an expert analyst on consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape, has identified and explained impending trends to consumers and some of the most prestigious companies and trade associations worldwide.
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He spends his time navigating the aisles of supermarkets discovering the common ground between retailers, CPG and consumers, and highlighting the opportunities. Lempert regularly appears on Good Morning America, The View, NBC Nightly News, Inside Edition and was the Food Trends Editor for NBC’s TODAY Show for almost two decades and hosted the nationally distributed Shopping Smart program on the WOR radio network. He is the author of five books and a columnist for Forbes.com as well as The Robin Report.
