Leading Experts in Experts in the Retail Council

Cathy Stauffer is the Owner of Cathy Stauffer Consulting, a consultancy which advises executives on strategic brand positioning, retail and consumer strategies and trends, with an emphasis on consumer technology, where she has worked since October 2005. Ms. Stauffer has over 25 years of marketing and...

Jerald Stettner is the President of Safe Harbor Properties & Investments, a commercial and residential real estate investment company in Alpharetta, GA. He was the Senior Vice President of Store Operations at Eckerd, from 1981 to July 2004. Mr. Stettner directed operations for each of the 1,200 stores...

Mark Sussman is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer at Pyramid Solutions, where he has worked since October 2004. Previously, Mr. Sussman was the Senior Vice President of Merchandising at Levitz Home Furnishings, where he was responsible for the merchandising and buying activities for...

Joe Taranto is the Principal at JJ Sales, a private sales and marketing firm that provides sales and account management for cosmetics, health and beauty aids, fragrances, skin care, nail care, close-outs, private label and related products. He is responsible for managing accounts for Wal-Mart, Target,...

David "Jim" Teatum is a Principal at Global Business Systems, a consultancy providing strategic advice to manufacturers in the health and fitness equipment industry. Mr. Teatum advises various manufacturers on exporting their products and also entering retail markets in the Middle East, India and Pakistan....

Josh Weil is CEO & Co-founder of Youth Trends, the country's largest marketing research and strategic consultation firm focused exclusively on the youth market, since November 2004. Through a comprehensive portfolio of quantitative and qualitative research, Youth Trends delivers personalized data driven...

John White is the Executive Vice President of appliances and services at Brand Source, North America's largest buying group of appliances retailers that serves more than 3,200 stores across the US. Here, Mr. White oversees the Appliance Division, which includes air conditioners, disposers, freezers,...

Nicholas White is the President of White & Co., a custom jewelry retailer, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. White has held senior management positions in the world's largest jewelry retailers. He has buying expertise in diamonds, gold, and watches. He has technical expertise as a bench jeweler and...

Currently Peter Whitford is Chairman and CEO of Whitmarks, LLC. Previously he was, until November 2004, Chairman and CEO of Wet Seal. He was named CEO on June 30, 2003, and named Chairman of the Board on August 3, 2004. The Wet Seal, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary...

Tifani Wilt is a Fashion Director at Macy’s West, a department store. Ms. Wilt oversees women's RTW and swimwear and develops seasonal trends, gives merchandise direction and assists in product assortment decisions for buyers of women’s sportswear, dresses, and swimwear. Previously, she was the Fashion...

Jim Wisner is currently the President at Wisner Marketing Group (WMG), a research, consulting, and marketing organization serving the retail and consumer packaged goods industries. WMG works with a wide variety of clients and has produced several landmark industry commissioned studies over the past...

Michael Woods has served as an independent consultant and business advisor since 2002. During this time he also co-founded and briefly served as President and CEO of PremierWay Chemical, a chemical manufacturing company that developed innovative and proprietary consumer, industrial, and commercial cleaning...

Paul Woods is the Owner of PW Consult, a retail consultant where he has worked since March 2004. Previously, Mr. Woods was the President at Gucci's watch and jewelry divisions and was responsible for the oversight of $100M annual sales, including wholesale and retail, Gucci, YSL, and Boucheron operations....

David Workman is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of PRO Buying Group, where he has worked since 2006. PRO Buying Group serves to coordinate merchandising, marketing and other business services for a group of independent retailers representing over $2.0 billion in consumer electronics...

Bruce Zaret is the President/Owner of Zaret International, a home furnishings importer, since April 2008. Mr. Zaret sells imported home furnishings from China to Wal-Mart, J.C Penney, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Burlington Coat Factory, Linens N Things, and Target. Prior to this, Mr. Zaret was the Vice...

Allan Zwerner is an Independent Consultant in the apparel retail and manufacturing industry, since September 2006. Previously, Mr. Zwerner has served as President of Men's and Women's for Tommy Hilfiger USA, from October 2003 to September 2006. In this role, he was the key player in the turnaround of...