Bob Negen, co-founder of WhizBang! Retail Training, is a professional retail speaker, consultant, business coach, and author. Bob motivates and trains independent retailers to improve and grow their businesses with practical, actionable tactics and strategies. He speaks to independent business owners in their own language using real-world retail experience and humorous stories from the trenches.

From garden centers, gift stores, hobby shops, and clothing boutiques to toy stores and pet supply merchants, Bob’s expertise gives retailers tools to gain measurable results. As a retailer Bob turned a single kite store into an award-winning, multi-million-dollar toy store chain. Now he uses his three decades of retail experience to help store owners and managers learn the necessary business skills they need to succeed in today’s economy.