Biography

Scott Benedict is an accomplished retail merchant, educator, consultant, author, advisory board member, keynote speaker, and digital retailing executive with more than 35 years of diverse experience spanning traditional brick-and-mortar retailing, eCommerce, omnichannel, and international retail merchandising and operations.

Scott’s retail merchandising career included more than 25 years in the Consumer Electronics and General Merchandise categories before his more senior merchandising roles expanded his reach into Grocery, Pets, and CPG businesses and across specialty, wholesale club, mass, and catalog retail.

Scott is the author of an upcoming book on digital merchandising and is a frequent guest speaker and writer on retail webinars, podcasts, as well as print and broadcast media interviews on the state of modern retailing in the omnichannel age.

Areas of expertise include Retail Merchandising & Marketing, Category Strategy development, Inventory Management, Competitive Pricing Strategy, Assortment Line Review Planning, Space Management, Supplier Performance Management, Promotional Calendar Planning, Cross Functional Team Leadership, P&L Management, Hybrid Competence, Public Speaking & Guest Lecturing, Consulting, Site Merchandising, Conversion Rate Optimization, Web Analytics, Agile Project Development, Dynamic Personalization, User Generated Content, & Cart Abandonment Strategies.

City

Bentonville, AR