As a consultant for 19 years, Stuart Kessler has been engaged by numerous companies needing assistance with strategic, financial and operating alternatives. As part of these engagements, Kessler has served as interim CEO/CRO. His areas of expertise include merchandising, operations, logistics, process and productivity improvement, strategic financial planning, restructuring, organizational planning and acquisition assessment.
Kessler has published or contributed to articles on a varied range of subjects such as consumer product and retail strategy, consumer product and retail sales trends, retail real-estate trends and e-commerce retailing.
Prior to founding Clear Thinking Group, he spent over 25 years in a variety of senior leadership positions with retail and consumer product organizations including president of Footlocker – Outlet Division; COO of Champs Sports and COO, F.W. Woolworth Division.