Philip Gutsell, president and owner of GutSELL & Associates, consults home furnishings retailers on marketing, advertising, motivational sales training and strategic planning. His expert consulting business is widely acclaimed for increasing profitability for big ticket retailers and putting them on the road to growth. Gutsell is a dynamic motivational speaker. He also serves as a featured seminar speaker for the following:

and numerous other associations. He has trained thousands of salespeople through his course "GutSELLing: From the Customer's Point of View" and is featured at major markets throughout the United States.

He also publishes GutSELLing Techniques, a weekly fax service to continuously improve retail professionals' sales skills. A graduate of DePaul University, Phil and his family live in Chicago.