Neil Stern is a senior partner of McMillan Doolittle specializing in the area of strategic planning and the development of new retail concepts. He leads the company’s food consulting practice; key clients have included McDonald’s, Chevron Oil, Publix Supermarkets and Proctor and Gamble. Stern has also worked with numerous retailers like Sears, Successories and Radio Shack. He is the editor of McMillan’s Retail Watch newsletter, a premier publication on new trends and concepts. He is a sought-after speaker who is regularly quoted in national media.

Willard N. Ander, Jr. is also a partner of McMillan Doolittle. During the past ten years at McMillan Doolittle, he has worked with a number of retail clients on strategy and new store development, including General Motors, Publix, Sears, McDonald's, Amoco, American Stores, Tandy, Musicland, and others. He has also worked with a number of retail suppliers, helping them to develop strategies and business plans that better serve their retail customers. These include Nestlé, and Procter and Gamble. Ander’s academic credentials include graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, an assistant professorship at the University of Houston, as well as a National Science Fellow at Stanford.

McMillan Doolittle is a global retail consultancy whose clients include Ace Hardware, Nordstrom, Staples, Harley Davidson and McDonald’s. In 1992 McMillan helped form EBELTOFT, an international network of affiliated retail consultants throughout the world. These consultants provide McMillan with access to retail contacts, market intelligence and clients all over the world. EBELTOFT members meet several times each year to exchange information and ideas.