About Us

Our Firm: Seasoned Professionals, CGP Provides:

  •  Actionable research and strategy to Fortune 500 consumer and service companies in accelerating topline growth, building customer loyalty and increasing marketing productivity
  • Strategic counsel to investors and developers looking to maximize returns in the Retail and other Consumer service sectors
 

Our People: Client-side experience. Cutting edge expertise.

Craig Johnson, President

  • Partner, MCA/Interpublic (IPG)
  • Partner and Director of e-Commerce, Peppers & Rogers/Carlson Marketing 
  • CEO, Celutel, Inc. (CLTL)
  • SVP-Marketing, PSI Energy (PIN/DUK)
  • Technology Management Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • VP-Marketing, Video/game retailer
  • Operations group, Apparel retailer 
  • Former Tokyo resident and Chair-Japan America Society of Indiana
  • Expert witness on consumer/pricing issues in 10 states
  • Guest columnist, Barrons's 
  • Guest columnist, Chain Store Age 
  • Board-Alzheimers Association (CT)
  • MBA Stanford, BA Yale

 

Parke Johnson

  • Director-Thematic Marketing Programs, Legg Mason
  • Director-Product Marketing, Legg Mason 
  • Director-Product Marketing, Citigroup Asset Management and Smith Barney
  • VP-Smith Barney Corporate Finance
  • BS Skidmore College

Jeffrey Meyers

  • VP-Mass Markets, NiSource (NI)
  • President, Columbia Energy Partners
  • MBA Widener, BS/ME Univ. of Cincinnati

 

Jack Smyth

  • VP-Product Management, CompuCom 
  • Dir-Planning, HP Customer Svc (HPQ)
  • Dir-Tech Support Call Center, Compaq
  • CEO, The Learning Company
  • MBA Stanford, BS/IE Cornell

 

Paul Weinberger

  • Partner, Technology Management Group
  • Energy Practice, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Senior Energy Analyst, UTC (UTX)
  • Senior Engineer, Burns & Roe
  • R&D Group, Combustion Engineering
  • ME Cornell, BS/ME, Cooper Union

 

Our Insights....In the Media

  • Lowe's and Home Depot:  Bloomberg TV May 18, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=videos_tab&sid=ag16YBjtztk0

 

  • April 2009 Retail Sales:  Wall Street Journal May 8, 2009

 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124169606941095573.html

 

  • Tesco Fresh & Easy:  Retailing Today November 8, 2007

http://www.retailingtoday.com/uploadedFiles/RetailingTodaycom/Digital_studio/Special_reports/2007/Tesco_report2.pdf

 

  • Wal-Mart Strategy:  Wall Street Journal October 24, 2007

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119315686997468506.html