Selecting the right keynote speaker is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for your upcoming retail or consumer packaged goods event. 5th generation retailer, entrepreneur, leadership expert, and keynote speaker Sterling Hawkins not only talks the talk he walks the walk of what it takes to create breakthrough results in the retail and CPG world.

Retail and Consumer Package Goods (CPG) Keynote Speaker, Sterling Hawkins, not only grew up in retail, but has worked with leading retail and CPG organizations including HyVee, Samsung, KraftHeinz, Energizer, Topps, Mitsubishi and many others – to take the disruption and changes happening in the retail world, and transform them into boundless opportunities for what’s next. 

Retail has never been an easy industry to navigate even during the best of times. Today’s retail and CPG world is facing tech disruption, supply chain uncertainties, labor shortages, workplace safety issues, and rapidly changing consumer expectations. Unaddressed, the unknown, unfamiliar territory that lies ahead can unconsciously leave leaders fearful to take risks, resistant to change and just fighting for survival. 

Retail and Consumer Package Goods (CPG) Keynote Speaker, Sterling Hawkins has operated as a retailer and worked with retailers and brands the world over. He understands – fundamentally – what change in this industry actually takes. Having dealt with massive unknowns himself, in his own career after his first company became part of a multi-billion dollar startup that went bankrupt, and coming back to launch, invest in or grow over 50 companies, Retail and Consumer Package Goods (CPG) Keynote Speaker, Sterling Hawkins has both the background and knowledge of how to face even the most difficult times. Leveraging a lifetime in the retail industry, years of research and study, hilarious anecdotes and impactful stories, Sterling will leave your audience with the ability to make permanent and lasting change, No Matter What stands in your way.