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Scottsdale, AZ--Centurion is pleased to welcome Mary Lou Quinlan to its stellar education program for the 2015 Show. As part of its ongoing mission to give retailers insights into the shopping behaviors of today's consumers, Quinlan will take the morning stage on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Quinlan, who has built a highly-awarded career dedicated to women, was named the 'Oprah of Madison Avenue' by The Wall Street Journal. 

"We are eagerly awaiting this session with the top expert in the world of female shopping, buying patterns and behaviors. She will offer the latest on what women are looking for in their shopping experiences," said Centurion President Howard Hauben. “Following her presentation, Mary Lou Quinlan will do a book signing.”

Quinlan is CEO/Founder of Just Ask a Woman/Mary Lou Quinlan & Co. She is also a best-selling author of What She's Not Telling You: Why Women Hide the Whole Truth and What Marketers Can Do About It, and Just Ask a Woman: Cracking the Code of What Women Want and How They Buy, among others. The Mary Lou Quinlan session is sponsored by Rio Tinto Diamonds.

Mary Lou Quinlan has built a highly-awarded career dedicated to women. From her start at Avon Products, through her years as ad agency CEO for major global corporations, and her decade plus advising leading brands through her firm, Just Ask a Woman, Mary Lou knows women like nobody else. Leading brands including Pfizer, Wells Fargo, WalMart, KAO, Westin and Kraft have turned to her branding team for insights and answers that fuel success with women.

She is a highly sought speaker who has keynoted hundreds of US and global conferences, sharing her provocative and high-energy take on women’s needs and lives.

In addition to those noted above, Quinlan is the author of other breakthrough books including Time Off for Good Behavior and The God Box, Sharing My Mother’s Gift of Faith, Love and Letting Go. She’s written inspirational features for Real Simple, O, the Oprah Magazine, and a monthly career advice column for MORE. She’s appeared as a correspondent on the CBS Early Show, among many media appearances.

She holds an MBA from Fordham University and an Honorary Doctorate in Communications from her alma mater, Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia where she earned a B. A. in English. She has been honored as Advertising Woman of the Year by Advertising Women of NY and with the prestigious Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications. She and her husband, Joe Quinlan, live in New York City and Bucks County, PA, along with their dog, Rocky.