Full Bio
Greg Buzek is the Founder, President and Principal Analyst of IHL Group and one of the Founders of the Retail Orphan Initiative (www.retailROI.org), a charitable foundation that seeks to help the 400 million orphaned and vulnerable children around the world. In 16 years, RetailROI has been involved in over 300 projects in 29 countries helping an estimated 325,000 children through clean water, education, computers, language training and care.
Noted by RIS News as one of the Top 10 Influentials in Retail and the National Retail Federation as one of “The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future“, he has a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from The Ohio State University, and 30 years of experience in retail market analysis, business planning, product development, and consulting with Fortune 500 companies. He is also a member of the Top 100 Retail Influencers from ReTHINK Retail.
Greg is frequently quoted in BusinessWeek, CIO Information Network, Information Week, Supermarket News, Chain Store Age, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and the Washington Post and has been used as a retail technology analyst on NBC Nightly News, CBS News, and CNBC. In addition, Greg has been a guest lecturer for the Wharton School of Business and Belmont University.
In 2011 The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute honored Greg with the first ever Paul Singer Award that recognizes business and governmental leaders for going above and beyond their defined roles to advocate for better adoption and foster care policies worldwide. Before founding IHL, Greg worked with NCR Corporation and Sensormatic Electronics as a marketing and development executive on hardware, software, and electronic security products for the Retail Industry.
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How Tech Retailers can Turn Overstock into Sustainable Profit
According to IHL Group, overstock costs retail businesses $562 billion. These warehouses filled with surplus products aren’t just storage liabilities — they represent a potential gold mine of untapped revenue, waiting to be channeled back into the circular economy.
Returns Are the New Revenue: Why Smart Retailers Are Betting on the Boomerang
From logistical headache to commercial edge, reverse logistics is fast becoming retail’s most overlooked profit center—and the backbone of a truly circular economy.
Retail Data Management Headaches and Solutions
Epicor commissioned IHL Group to complete an anonymous study of small and medium retail businesses to understand technology plans, technology and operational pain points, and how they view their current operational challenges in hopes of better understanding which technologies are defining their operations for the next several years.
Agilence Launches Five New Analytics Modules That Address Inventory Losses and Enhance Safety
Agilence today announced the launch of five new modules for its Agilence Analytics platform: the RFID Module, Expiring Inventory Module, Physical Inventory Module, Alarm Module, and Cash Over/Short Module.
Snippets From NRF 2025
Sessions and exhibitions proved that collaboration across the space between technologists and retail and CPG leaders is driving innovation, from emerging AI technologies like agentic AI to democratizing creativity and reshaping consumer experiences.