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The World’s Most Comprehensive Educational Conference For Independent Retailers, 17 Years & Counting…
Join hundreds of your fellow store owners and managers for a two-day, world-class event filled with inspiring, exciting, and valuable ideas created specifically for independent retailers – the Retail Success Summit 2024!
What is the Indie Influence? It’s the power your business has in your local community and in your industry. It’s the way you serve your customers and the way you develop your team. It’s your leadership and your vision. It’s what makes you so special!
The Indie Influence creates outsized impact. You may have a “small business” but the benefit you create in the world is HUGE. Your store makes a positive difference in so many different lives.
If you are ready to expand your influence, intensify your impact, and increase your success, register for the Retail Success Summit and get ready to…
“It’s an absolute game changer. I can see a huge shift in my business journey (for the better!) after attending my first Summit. I even met my retail-bestie at the Summit and we talk and support each other several times a week. I couldn’t imagine life without her, and it was all because of the summit!”
Laura Oladokon, Sweet Boutique St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Take time away from your business to get re-energized, refreshed, and refocused. You’ll hear from some of the best minds in the retail industry, including Bob & Susan, and special guest experts. You’ll leave with a clear action plan.
Meet and network with amazing retail store owners from all over the place, from all kinds of industries. So many people have met their retail BFF at the Summit! These relationships have changed lives and improved businesses.
Get great information to improve EVERY area of your business – from finance to social media, staff training to store ops – and more! You’ll get both high-level concepts and proven tactical techniques to help you succeed.
The Summit is designed to help your sales and profits grow, but you will also grow personally. Whether it’s adding a brilliant new idea to your retail toolkit or busting apart an old belief that’s holding you back. Leave with your heart and mind stretched!
Who Attends The Retail Success Summit?
The Retail Success Summit is renowned as the industry’s most trusted and comprehensive educational event, encompassing all topics essential for running your retail store. And this year, we’re celebrating our 17th anniversary!
- Join a diverse community of retailers, from single stores to multi-store chains, where every size is celebrated—whether you’re a team of one or 100!
- Connect with a spectrum of businesses, from brand-new startups to seasoned, multi-generational retailers who have stood the test of time.
- Immerse yourself in a melting pot of industries, from boutiques to bike shops, antiques to automotive, and beyond—there’s something for everyone.
- With over 40 industries represented, you’re guaranteed to find like-minded retail professionals in your niche, ready to network and collaborate.
“So happy to be here! Even after 30 years in retail I’m learning things I never knew!”
“I had my bi-monthly ‘all staff meeting’ yesterday. I came home from the Summit with so much information and a long Action List. Now I can check off all items from my list, and I feel like I’m on top of my business again! Thanks Susan, Bob, WhizBang! team, and all the great presenters!”
“I attended my first Retail Success Summit in 2019, traveling all the way from the UK (England) – it’s the best investment I could have ever made in my business! Not only did I pick up lots of great advice and ideas that have paid back my expenses many times over, I have also made some great, great friends!”
Mark Turnbull, Turnbull’s Northumbrian Food, Alnwick, UK
At The Retail Success Summit You’ll Get…
- Ideas & Inspirations… that will push you to become better, bigger, bolder, and have a greater INDIE influence,
- Skills… so you can confidently, competently, and profitably run your business, lead your team, and connect with your customers,
- Strategies… that will inspire you to grow your indie influence,
- Insights… into both the exciting new opportunities and potential dangers that lie ahead,
- Tools… to strengthen your retail fundamentals, grow your business, lower stress, and free up your time,
- Stronger Relationships… within the wider Independent Retail community and your own industry,
- Refreshed Energy… to lean into the future and take massive action to build the business of your dreams,
- Confidence… in your knowledge, decision-making powers, direction, and insight.
A Clear, Achievable Plan
It doesn’t matter if you’re a brand-new retailer or have owned your store for 25 years, the more knowledge you have about what to do and how to do it, the better your results are likely to be.
BUT, knowledge alone isn’t enough…
While we hope you’re engaged, informed, and educated by every single moment of the Retail Success Summit, education without ACTION is merely entertainment. And we are not in the entertainment business.
We want to make a huge positive impact, so what we really want is for you to go back home, act on the ideas presented, transform your business, and get more satisfaction from your life.
That’s why there’s one very special feature built into the Retail Success Summit we know will make an amazing difference in your business.
Unlike most seminars where you come home with a bunch of notes that you stuff in a drawer somewhere, you’re going to leave the Summit with a personalized one-page action plan you can put to work immediately to grow your business.
It’s an exact blueprint of where you want to go and how you’re going to get there… a step-by-step plan for your path to success.
Inspiring Speakers
At the Retail Success Summit you’ll learn from the most knowledgeable speakers around – speakers who aren’t just ‘masters of theory,’ but ones who have hands-on experience and can highlight both the opportunities and the pitfalls that you will face.
Indie Retail Experts, Bob & Susan Negen
Of course, you’ll get LOTS of mainstage with your conference hosts, Bob and Susan Negen. Their presentations are filled with inspiring, practical content that has the power to transform your retail business.
Bob and Susan have “been there, done that,” with a combined 40 years of on-the-floor retail experience. What they teach isn’t academic mumbo jumbo or high-brow theory, but proven, money-making ideas that WORK for indie retailers. If you haven’t yet heard Bob and Susan speak or met them in person, be prepared for an amazing treat.
Keynote Speaker, Arel Moodie
Arel Moodie is known as a “Human Development Investigator” who is a host of the Disney+ Show “Family Reboot,” who has spoken in 48 states and 5 countries to over 750,000 people. He has extensively studied human dynamics and relationships and has been invited to speak at the White House twice, TEDx stage three times and has been quoted in media outlets like The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Black Enterprise, Huffington Post, and contributor to TV shows like The Doctors. Click here to learn more…
The Summit Experience
Are you wondering just exactly what happens during your days at the Retail Success Summit? Here’s a run-down of just some of the fun stuff you’ll experience…
- Pre-Event Party – Join us Sunday, July 28th from 5pm – 7pm EST for early registration. Grab your name tag and goodie bag without the “morning-of” hustle and bustle. PLUS, you can sip a cocktail, do some networking, and find a retail friend to sit with the next morning!
- Custom Goodie Bag – Filled with fun and indispensable swag, every attendee will get the things necessary to make your Summit easy and effective. And the bag itself is pretty useful… even after the event is over!
- 2 Days of World-Class Retail Education – From 8:30 in the morning to 5 at night, you’ll be immersed in best-in-class training for independent retailers. Sure, we’ll give you some breaks so your brain doesn’t melt, but come ready to be inspired!
- Amazing Breakouts – You’ll have the opportunity to choose amazing breakout presentations by one of our expert speakers. Note: there are more breakouts than a single person can attend… it’s a great reason to bring one of your teammates with you.
- Easy, Effortless Networking – We cannot begin to tell you how much value, energy, inspiration, motivation, and excitement you’ll experience networking face-to-face with other INDIE store owners. Meet new retail friends (maybe even a BFF!), build connections, gather new ideas, and have FUN.
- Lunch On Your Own… Or With Friends – We give you plenty of time for lunch, either alone to work on digesting what you’ve already learned, or with a new retail friend to share ideas and insights from the morning. You’ll get a whole list of delicious, diverse food options within easy walking distance.
- “Block Party On Main Street” – Immediately following the end of the first day you’re invited to a special neighborhood block party. Spend time talking with Bob and Susan, the expert speakers, and most importantly, connecting with the other INDIE retailers in the room.
- Enlightening Sponsor Conversations – Each one of the Summit Sponsors has incredible money-making, cost-cutting, business-enhancing products and services to tell you about. Trust me, we would NOT invite them if their stuff wasn’t absolutely top notch and a great fit for independent retailers. We vet every single one.
- Action Planning – During each session and throughout the day you’ll be building an actual PLAN that you can take back to your store and put into ACTION. Notes and ideas are great – a workable PLAN is far better. This has been one of the most powerful parts of the Summit for the last 17 years.
- BONUS: Recordings Of All Available Presentations – All attendees will get recordings of available sessions at no additional cost.
“We saved over $30,000 a year just on one part of our business after attending the Summit. It motivates you, makes you stop and think, and opens your eyes to so many things you can make better in your business.“
Nancy Guinn, Dog Krazy – Richmond, VA
Invest In Yourself & Save $500
Your Retail Success Summit ticket includes 2 full days of business-building, money-making, retail-specific information, nationally-recognized guest speakers, amazing networking opportunities, and your take-home action plan.
Honestly, you’d have to sleep through the entire event not to pick up enough great ideas to pay the registration fee 100x, 200x, or even 500x over. A $50,000 ROI on this event should be a slam-dunk for any retailer who has half a brain (you do) and is willing to use the ideas you’ll learn (you will).
Registration for the Retail Success Summit is normally $997, but from now through mindight on April 19, you’ll pay only $497 for the first person. Plus register additional people from your store for only $297 each.
OR call 800-842-1660 to register by phone. The WhizBang! Team would love to talk to you if you have any questions.
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Through April 19, 2024Two days of world class education for independent retailers.
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If at the end of the first day of the Retail Success Summit, you do not feel you are getting ideas, strategies, tools, and techniques that (put into action) would generate at least $100,000 in revenue for your store, simply turn your notebook in to our team, have a phone call with Bob, and you’ll get a 100% refund of your registration fees… PLUS $1,000. Why? Because, quite simply, the value is there. No other event gives a guarantee like this, but then again, no other event is quite like the Retail Success Summit!
Register above OR call 800.842.1660 to register by phone. The WhizBang! Team would love to talk to you if you have any questions.
Are you ready to join the thousands of past Summit Alumni and…
Right now, you’re facing a moment of truth. Now is the time to decide.
- Are you going to choose to be a BRILLIANT retailer who is an inspiration and source of pride and joy to your community – or are you going to let this opportunity slip away?
- Are you going to choose to embrace the opportunities the new reality is handing you or are you going to play small and secretly hope that things go back to the way they were?
The truth is… ‘HOPE’ is not a good business strategy.
Retail Success Summit is for action-takers and innovators in retail… people who want to take control of their independent retail business, and multiply their storefronts, profitability, and customer-base, without exhausting their energy, personal life, and support structures.
It’s for those who are ready to invest in themselves, learn new skills, and prepare for the opportunities that are coming next. Get ready to increase your INDIE INFLUENCE
“I want to thank Susan and Bob for an absolutely amazing event filled with invaluable information as well as inspiration! I am now motivated to take my customer service, social media marketing, and staff training to a new level!”
“I have been in the music retail business all my life and our business is ranked in the top 1% of our industry, so we are pretty good at what we do. After my first time attending the Retail Success Summit, I came home with pages and pages of things to improve my business. For the very affordable price that they charge for this, I could not recommend it highly enough! So do your business a favor and come to the next Retail Success Summit.“
“Thanks for an amazing time. In the first leg of my trip, I wrote out my Vision Statement and planned out my attack for my top 3 action items. I’m pumped. Can’t wait to get back and share with my team!“
“I attended the Summit and I hated to see each day end. It was incredible! I am now using the Retail Mastery System and Retail Sales Academy for my business. Thanks to Bob and Susan, their partners, and the entire team for an amazing experience!“
“Thank you for the great time and all the knowledge. My family business is stronger because of you!“
“I’ve learned so many things that I did not know existed in the retail/business world… investing in yourself to learn will push you so far in life and success.“
Join Us on July 29 & 30 in Grand Rapids, Michigan!
The Retail Success Summit will be held at the DeVos Place Convention Center in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 29 & 30, 2024.
Grand Rapids features big city attractions and sophistication with the intimacy and charm of a small town and was named as one of the best places in the US to live by both the Men’s Journal and the Wall Street Journal Market Watch.
The Retail Success Summit’s home, DeVos Place Convention Center, is located in downtown Grand Rapids (only 15 minutes from Gerald R. Ford International Airport and easily accessible from all major interstates) and nestled beside the Grand River for a picturesque riverfront setting. Plus, it’s large enough to hold the 500+ retailers expected to gather for the Summit.
Check-in and name tag pick-up will begin at 8:00 am on Monday, 7/29 and the event starts promptly at 8:30 am. But, we’d like to invite those of you who arrive early to join us for a Welcome Reception on Sunday, 7/28 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Eastern Time. The Summit will close at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 30.
Travel To The Retail Success Summit
Fly into the Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR). There’s no need to rent a car, the airport is a short, 25-minute cab ride to the Retail Success Summit’s location at the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids.
Or if you’re traveling from nearby, click here for driving directions.The DeVos Place is connected via covered walkway to the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and the JW Marriott, and is within easy walking distance of great restaurants, shops, and museums.
Closest Recommended Hotel: Amway Grand Plaza
Amway Grand Plaza (Connected by sky bridge to DeVos Place).
WhizBang! Retail Training is pleased to offer discounted room nights of $184 per night for our Retail Success Summit attendees.
Click Here to reserve your room online or call 800.253.3590, and mention the WhizBang! Retail Success Summit. The block room discount is limited so please make your reservations right away.
187 Monroe Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
800.253.3590 | sales@amwaygrand.com
Newest Recommended Hotel: JW Marriott
JW Marriott (Connected by sky bridge to DeVos Place).
WhizBang! Retail Training is pleased to offer discounted room nights of $214 per night for our Retail Success Summit attendees.
Click Here to reserve your room online or call 888.844.5947, and mention the WhizBang! Retail Success Summit. The block room discount is limited so please make your reservations right away.
235 Louis St NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
888.844.5947
While You’re In Grand Rapids…
Grand Rapids is rated as the #3 city in America for fun and recreation. Why not take a few extra days to enjoy our gorgeous West Michigan attractions including…
- Beer City USA
- Pristine Beaches and Hiking Trails
- Award Winning Art Galleries and Museums
- Vibrant Downtown
Learn More at the Grand Rapids Visitors Bureau.
