Roger Beahm is an award-winning Professor of Practice in Marketing at the Wake Forest University School of Business. He is a recognized thought leader in retail and consumer packaged goods marketing and is frequently quoted in the media, with contributions in the Associated Press, The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, NBC News, National Public Radio, Fox News, the Huffington Post, U.S. News and World Report, Fast Company, and ABC News, as well as many others.

Roger currently serves as Director for the Wake Forest Retail Learning Labs in the Center for Analytics Impact, and was the founding Executive Director of the Wake Forest Center for Retail Innovation. He is also currently serving as faculty advisor to the Wake Forest University and School of Business Marketing & Advertising Club and is a member of the School's Graduate Certification Committee.

Professor Beahm began teaching Marketing in the Wake Forest University School of Business in 2005, has been a member of the faculty since 2008, and has served as a Resident Professor for the Wake Forest MBA Global Immersion program, leading students to Russia, China, India, Nepal, and Nicaragua. His teaching recognitions include being recipient of the Senior Class Teaching Award and the Kienzle MBA Alumni Teaching Award.

Roger earned his B.S. (Business) and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

With a background in consumer packaged goods marketing/brand management at Procter & Gamble and The Clorox Company, Roger went on to found his own advertising and marketing agency and his own marketing consulting firm.

Roger serves on the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) Carolinas Council Board of Governors where he is past Chair. He is also a member of the Board of Advisers for T W Garner Food Company and is owner and president of Beahm & Associates LLC, a marketing consulting firm with clients in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer categories.

Roger has been a guest lecturer to the U.S. Army War College and has taught numerous marketing seminars in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China.

Roger and his wife, Wendy, have 4 grown children and 15 grandchildren.

Mr. Beahm's expertise includes marketing strategy, marketing plan development, brand audits, new brand introductions, consumer packaged goods marketing, advertising, and retail marketing.

• MBA, University of Colorado at Boulder (Marketing Concentration) - 1972
• BS, University of Colorado at Boulder (Business -- Marketing Concentration) - 1971

Teaching Interests

• 2005, Spring, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2006, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2007, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2008, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2009, Spring, Practical Issues in Marketing (Full-Time MBA)
• 2009, Spring, Case Writing Practicum (Full-Time MBA)
• 2009, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2010, Spring, Case Writing Practicum (Full-Time MBA)
• 2010, Spring, Advertising Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2010, Spring, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2010, Fall, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2010, Fall, Advertising Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Spring, Wake Forest Business Solutions (Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Spring, Case Writing Practicum (Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Spring, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Spring, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Spring, Brand Management (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2011, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2011, Fall, Advertising Management ((Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2011, Fall, Marketing Management (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2012, Spring, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2012, Spring, Wake Forest Business Solutions (Full-Time MBA)
• 2012, Spring, Case Writing Practicum (Full-Time MBA)
• 2012, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2012, Summer, Brand Management (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2012, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2012, Fall, Marketing Management (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2013, Spring, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2013, Spring, Wake Forest Business Solutions (Full-Time MBA)
• 2013, Spring, Case Writing Practicum (Full-Time MBA)
• 2013, Spring, Advertising Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2013, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2013, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2013, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2013, Fall, Marketing Management (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2014, Spring, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2014, Spring, Wake Forest Business Solutions (Full-Time MBA)
• 2014, Spring, Case Writing Practicum (Full-Time MBA)
• 2014, Spring, Advertising Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2014, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2014, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2014, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2014, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Full-Time MBA)
• 2015, Spring, Brand Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2015, Spring, Advertising Management (Full-Time MBA)
• 2015, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2015, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2015, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2015, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning
• 2016, Spring, Brand Management
• 2016, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2016, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2016, Summer, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2016, Fall, Brand Management & New Product Innovation (Undergraduate Program)
• 2017, Spring, Brand Management & New Product Innovation (Undergraduate Program)
• 2017, Summer, Marketing Management (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2017, Summer, Marketing Management (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2017, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2018, Spring, Brand Management & New Product Innovation (Undergraduate Program)
• 2018, Spring, Advanced Branding (Master of Arts in Management Program)
• 2018, Summer, Marketing Management (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2018, Summer, Marketing Management (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2018, Fall, Marketing Management (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2018, Fall, Marketing Management (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2018, Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2019, Spring, Marketing Management (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2019, Spring, Brand Management & New Product Innovation (Undergraduate Program)
• 2019, Fall, Marketing Management (Charlotte Evening MBA)
• 2019, Fall, Marketing Management (Winston-Salem Evening MBA)
• 2019 Fall, Marketing Strategy & Planning (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2020, Spring, Marketing Management (Charlotte Saturday MBA)
• 2020, Spring, Advanced Branding (Master of Science in Management Program)
• 2020, Spring, Brand Management & New Product Innovation (Undergraduate Program)

• 2015 - Spirit Award, Wake Forest University School of Business
• 2012 - Communicator Awards -- Award of Excellence, International Academy of the Visual Arts
• 2006 - Community Partners Award, United Way of Greater High Point
• 2006 - Telly Award, Telly Awards, Inc.
• 2004 - Spirit of North Carolina Award, United Way of North Carolina
• 2004 - Volunteer of the Year, United Way of North Carolina
• 2002 - Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecturer, Appalachian State University

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• February 25, 2018 - Lowes Foods embraces disruptive nature of retail rather than be its victim , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• February 24, 2018 - BB&T outage draws ire , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• December 8, 2017 - Socks Appeal:Renfro targets the movement afoot for fashion footwear , Triad Business Journal | more information
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• June 23, 2017 - Amazon's Whole Foods Strategy:It's Not What You Think , Forbes| more information
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• December 7, 2016 - 'Tis the season... for matching pajamas? , The Boston Globe| more information
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• November 24, 2016 - Retail therapy the right remedy post election , Greensboro News and Record| more information
• November 21, 2016 - Experts Give Advice for Black Friday Shoppers , Time Warner Cable News| more information
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• October 17, 2016 - So Soon? Retailers reject opening on Thanksgiving , Greensboro News and Record| more information
• September 15, 2016 - ACC decision another blow to NC's economy, reputation , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• August 25, 2016 - Primo Water makes big profit splash sticking with core business , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• August 22, 2016 - Tips to Save on Back-to-School Shopping , Time Warner Cable| more information
• August 19, 2016 - What's killing Macy's? , Greensboro News & Record| more information
• August 18, 2016 - Baltimore's 'Blue Book,' a relic of 19th-century elite, persists today , The Baltimore Sun| more information
• April 13, 2016 - Wake Forest teams take first place at the Marketing Analytics Summit , Yahoo Finance| more information
• April 2, 2016 - Krispy Kreme putting more emphasis on special event sales over discounting , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• March 23, 2016 - Eggs, candy, clothes and more: Easter spending expected to rise this year , Greensboro News and Record| more information
• March 2, 2016 - Charlotte-based AC&M Group forging cultural connections at Bojangles' , The Charlotte Observer| more information
• January 22, 2016 - Panthers play equals payday for retailers , Greensboro News & Record| more information
• January 21, 2016 - Inmar continues expansion spurt, acquires Chicago food analytics firm , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• December 10, 2015 - Krispy Kreme turns glazed waterfall into BOGO bar code , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• November 28, 2015 - Black Friday gets off to a brisk start for Guilford County retailers , Greensboro News and Record| more information
• November 26, 2015 - Is Black Friday all that important anymore? , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• November 12, 2015 - From mall Christmas trees to Starbucks cups, symbols carry weight with consumers , The Charlotte Observer| more information
• November 9, 2015 - Here is your 2015 Black Friday shopping experience guide , Main Street| more information
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• November 9, 2015 - Some retailers reverse course, close on Thanksgiving -- and Black Friday , Greensboro News and Record| more information
• November 3, 2015 - Purchase Protection Report: Which credit cards insure the items you buy? , cardhub.com| more information
• October 30, 2015 - Bagging the Right Location , Triad Business Journal
• October 22, 2015 - The Champagne of Pulled Pork? Lexington Ponders Protecting Its Signature 'Cue , WFDD public radio| more information
• October 10, 2015 - Krispy Kreme tests retail strategy in Clemmons , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• September 25, 2015 - N.C. joins multi-state investigation into Volkswagen , Winston-Salem Journal| more information
• September 1, 2015 - Dancing with the stores , Business North Carolina| more information
• August 25, 2015 - Belk agrees to sell to Sycamore Partners for $3 billion , Greensboro News and Record| more information
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• November 22, 2012 - "Black Friday:Boutiques open at Midnight?How 'little guys' try to compete" , Christian Science Monitor| more information
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