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Nicholas White

Nicholas White, President, White & CoPresident
White & Co
Member of the Retail Council

Nicholas White is the President of White & Co., a custom jewelry retailer, where he has worked since 2001. He has held senior management positions in the world's largest jewelry retailers. He has buying expertise in diamonds, gold, and watches; technical expertise as a bench jeweler and is a GIA graduate gemologist. He has raised capital for start-up e-commerce businesses and has published more than 200 articles about retailing and retail jewelry for GLG News. He is knowledgeable about most retail jewelers with respect to their business advantages and disadvantages, strategic strengths and weaknesses, and the viability of current tactics. He is actively involved in jewelry retailing, reads hundreds of articles, speaks to industry participants, and tracks the performance of various formats. He has been co-president of EMG LLC, Buying and Merchandising Director Signet Group PLC, SVP all operations Peoples Jewellers, and EVP/COO Zale Corporation. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2001 - present President
White & Co
1998 - 2001 President
EMG LLC
1994 - 1998 Buying and Merchandising Director
Signet Group PLC
1987 - 1990 EVO/COO
Zale Corporation

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Is Signet Groups Better Performance Sustainable? | 05-09-2008
Analysis of: Signet Q1 group like-for-like sales down 2.5 pct | www.reuters.com
Author: Nicholas White, President, White & Co

Signet's improved first quarter performance may not translate in to stronger performance this fall.  Here are just a few of the reasons why.

The Liquidation of Zale | 05-09-2008
Analysis of: UPDATE 1-Zale 3rd-qtr sales up but expects loss | www.reuters.com
Author: Nicholas White, President, White & Co

Zale traded margin for sales growth and still expects to lose 40 cents to 45 cents per share in its third quarter.  The question for investors is can the company improve sales and profitability during Christmas 2008 (FY 2009) using the same underlying tactics?  Here's why investors...

Sears Could Get a Second Chance as the Recession Evolves. | 05-07-2008
Analysis of: Sears Braces For Spending Slump | online.wsj.com
Author: Nicholas White, President, White & Co

Chairman Lampert would have prospective investors believe Sears' problems are because of the recession.  That's understandable, since he isn't likely to admit that he blew it squandering billions on overvalued stock buy backs, while reducing its retail business to the worst operation in the...

Every Retailer Has Something to Gain From Amazon's Lawsuit over Collecting NY Sales Taxes | 05-06-2008
Analysis of: Amazon suing New York state over new sales tax law. | today.reuters.com
Author: Nicholas White, President, White & Co

Amazon's lawsuit may be more about the viability of sales and use taxes to collect state revenue than about one e-commerce company collecting New York sales tax.  Here's why.

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