Brian Rosen
Brian is one of a handful of three tier experts in the USA. Voted "Ones to Watch" in Beverage Dynamics Magazine. Rosen works with brands, distributors, producers and marketing/ position companies to bring brands to market all over the USA.
Rosen has worked with Americas largest consumer companies including Cohen's Fashion Optical (Top 10 Retail Optician/ Nationally, COO) Target, 7-11, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LevelVision, Fallas Parades, Lulu Lemon, Anheiser Busch, National WIne Distributors, Global Adult Beverage brands.
Brian is globally regarded as THE leading authority in the three -tier system, retail off premise, team leadership, marketing, merchandising, ECOMM and go to market strategy.
Brian has been featured for Forbes, American Beverage License Association, Beverage Dynamics, Wine and Spirits Daily, Beer Business Daily, Wines and Vines, Santa Rosa Democrat, Chicago Tribune, Modern Luxury Magazines, Newsweek, Wine Spectator, Market Watch, Wine Enthusiast, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, Food Network, American Distillers Institute, Travel Channel, WCIU, and TNT.
Rosen had been named, Retailer of the Year 3X, Forbes Best of the Web 2x, and 14 under 40 winner, amongst others.
Rosen was CEO of his own 100M-retail enterprise, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Retail Performance Improvement/ CPG/ Adult Beverage. Ran his own retail consulting firm and as run Cohen's Fashion Optical. Top 10 optical retailer nationally
Clients include; Anheuser Busch, Target, 7-11, Nomacorc, Testa Wines, Fallas Paradis, Azeo, Mammoth Distilling, Young’s Market, Wise Guys Liquors, Beckford's Brands, LibDib, Fresh Market and many more.
Rosen has a B.A. in Business Administration from DePaul University and is a graduate of the University of Chicago Executive MBA Leadership program.
brian@bevstrat.com
Phone: 800 953 1312
www.BevStrat.com
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