The Kressner Strategy Group difference

Myra Kressner, Founder and President
With over 40 years knowledge and experience cultivated by strong relationships, Kressner Strategy Group brings value to the marketplace by developing and facilitating strategic engagement for suppliers and retailers in the consumable retail industries.
A media innovator and convenience retailing thought-leader, Myra Kressner co-founded Retail Insights, the food retail industry’s first b-b video publishing company in 1983, which was sold to Progressive Grocer in 1987.
Additionally, from 1984-1994 Myra led account management for The Retail Marketing Group, a niche trade advertising agency that was laser-focused on creating trade media programs for market leaders such as Unilever, Tropicana, 7-UP, Philip Morris, General Foods, James River/Dixie, Anheuser-Busch.
In 1994, Myra co-founded CSP Information Group and helped guide CSP’s innovation with CSP Magazine, CSP Daily Newsthe industry’s first daily newsletter, CSP Independent, CSP CyberConferences--the industry’s first webinar program, founding the industry’s SOI Summit before partnering with NACS, Retail Leader of the Year, CSPedia industry database, as well as market-leading conferences such as Convenience Retailing University, Outlook Leadership Conference, FARE Conference and CSP’s Edu-Networking series.
In June 2012 CSP Business Media sold to today’s Winsight Media, where Myra continued to lead Winsight’s Conference Division sales and marketing initiatives until November 2015. Myra founded Kressner Strategy Group in April 2016, bringing her expertise, deep relationships and thought-leadership to large and small suppliers looking for strategic growth in the convenience channel.

The Vision Group
In 2020, Myra co-founded The Vision Group with Roy and Eva Strasburger, bringing together aspirational, forward-thinking retailers and suppliers to share best practices and create new initiatives anticipating a range of disruptions facing the consumable retail industry.
Kressner Strategy Group gives back…

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Kressner Family Autism Spectrum Program at SUNY New Paltz
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Mentoring for SCIP (Selective Corporate Internship Program)
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Publicity and Advertising Director for 501 c3 non-profit Theatre By the Bay NY
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Board Member SUNY New Paltz Foundation
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Member SUNY New Paltz Food Marketing Advisory Board
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Recipient of SUNY New Paltz 2021 Heritage Award
2021 Top Women in Convenience Award
The eighth-annual Top Women in Convenience award honors 74 exceptional women from the convenience industry's retailer, wholesaler and supplier communities, recognizing their outstanding contributions to their companies and the industry overall.
