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Study Group: Apparel Retail Financial Statement Analysts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 12

This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Ronald Kiima, CPA

President
Kiima Incorporated

Ronald A. Kiima is a former SEC Assistant Chief Accountant. Mr. Kiima is currently the President of Kiima Incorporated, a private consulting firm specializing in SEC accounting and disclosure issues, SEC registration statements and periodic reports, SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, corporate...

Michael Schwindle

Vice President / CFO
Musician's Friend, Inc.

Michael Schwindle is the Chief Financial Officer at Musician's Friend, Inc., an online retailer. Prior to that, Mr. Schwindle was a former subsidiary CFO for The Home Depot, a GA-based home-improvement retailer. He has over 18 years of experience as accounting and finance executive, predominately in...

Alfred Blazek, Jr.

Finance Director
Whirlpool Corporation - CC

Alfred S. Blazek has been a Finance Director with Whirlpool since October 2007. Mr. Blazek previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for Circuit City's National Service group and a member of the corporate Innovation team. He held this role from 2003 until 2007. In this capacity he was directly...

Larry Katzen, CPA

Board Member
The Private Bank & Trust Co

Larry Katzen is a board member for several organizations and a former partner of Arthur Andersen where he specialized in auditing retail companies for over 35 years. He serves on the board of The Mens Wearhouse, where he is a member of the audit and compensation committees. Mr. Katzen is also a board...

Edward Weinstein, CPA

Principal
Edward A. Weinstein, CPA

Edward Weinstein is a consultant and advisor to businesses and other organizations, an arbitrator and board member of commercial and not for profit organizations. Mr. Weinstein most recently worked with Deloitte and Touche for 40 years, and retired as a Senior Partner in the New York office in 1998....

Dwight Crawley

Chief Financial Officer
Natura Water

Dwight Crawley is an Chief Financial Officer at Coverall Concepts, a commercial cleaning company, where he has worked since October 2007. Mr. Crawley is an experience financial executive with experience in several companies as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was a Chief Financial Officer at...

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Bush Nominates Two Democrats to SEC: More of the Same is Likely | 03-31-2008

Analysis of: White House to Tap Two Dems to SEC | www.cfo.com

Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

Will President Bush's recent nomination of two Democrats to the SEC make it more investor friendly? Not likely!

2007 Accounting Error of the Year: Depreciation and Amortization | 01-02-2008

Analysis of: Securities Suits Spike in 2007 | www.cfo.com

Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

The subject article provides some interesting insights into the upward reversal in the number of securities class-action lawsuits filed during 2007. Given such, I thought it might be fitting to offer my personal insights into what I continue to believe is the most common, yet rarely noticed, accounting...

SEC Schedule II - Visibility into the Integrity of Reported Results | 09-11-2007

Analysis of: SEC Schedule II - Visibility into the Integrity of Reported Results | tinyurl.com

Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

Few other disclosures give as much visibility into the integrity of a company’s reported results like the SEC’s Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. Unfortunately, despite such schedule being required of most public companies, few companies seemingly fully comply. The absence of otherwise...

MATERIALITY: WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT? | 07-24-2007

Analysis of: What's Better in Accounting, Rules or 'Feel'? | online.wsj.com

Author: Edward Weinstein, CPA, Principal, Edward A. Weinstein, CPA

Elaboration on the materiality protocol auditors of financial statements employ.

US GAAP: A Foreseeable Death | 03-08-2007

Analysis of: One Accounting Standard for All? | www.cfo.com

Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

This article raises the question as to whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will ultimately mandate that domestic public companies report their financial results pursuant to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). I believe, as a former SEC Assistant Chief...

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