Customer Growth Partners
Providing actionable insight to build shareholder value through field-based customer and company research & analysis.Customer Growth Partners
Providing actionable insight to build shareholder value through field-based customer and company research & analysis.About Customer Growth Partners
CGP founder Craig Johnson, has over 30 years’ experience in retail/consumer industries in senior executive or consulting roles, with deep skills in market research, forecasting, marketing and merchandising. Johnson regularly meets with most major Retail CEOs, in public or IR-controlled settings. His past retail or research clients include Abercrombie & Fitch, BJ’s Wholesale, JC Penney, Lands’ End, Lowe’s, Nordstrom, Walmart, Williams-Sonoma and mall operators such as Westfield. Since developing a suite of research products for the buy-side in 2010-11, CGP discontinued all consulting work for publicly-traded companies to avoid any potential conflicts and to preclude any exposure to inside information or proprietary data.
Jean Schlemmer
- Executive VP-Asset Management, General Growth Properties, the nation’s second largest Retail REIT, Chief Corporate Development Officer and earlier VP-Leasing, General Growth Properties
- Over 30 Years in Retail Real Estate
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
- BA University of Minnesota’
James Bieri
- Principal, Stokas Bieri Real Estate
- Formerly President, Bieri & Co.
- 35 years of experience in Luxury and Specialty retail leasing, focusing on new concept launch and fleet build-out
- Member: ABA, ICSC, Urban Land Inst.
- BA Western Michigan, JD Detroit College of Law
Parke Patton Johnson
- Director-Thought Leadership and 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
Bob Ference
- President, Strategic Insights & Solutions
- President, Information Resources Division, Marketing Corp. of American/Interpublic (IPG)
- Partner and Managing Director, Brand Equity Practice-Marketing Corp. of America
- Prior consumer insight and marketing strategy experience at Heublein, Pepperidge Farm and Kraft Foods
Christina Jennette
- Assistant Vice President, Legg Mason
- Senior Specialist, Prudential
- Brand Marketing, Diageo
- MS, Quinnipiac, BS, Southern Connecticut