Study Group: Sporting Goods Retailers Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 73
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Jason KraOwner
Total Sports Resources
Jason Kra is the President and Owner of Foreign Resources Corporation (FRC), an apparel manufacturer in the USA and a supplier to virtually every major specialty apparel retailer, department stores, & discounters, since 1993. FRC is a US$ 225MM manufacturer of outerwear and lifestyles bottoms. Here,...
FormerPresident
The Sports Authority Inc
Elliott Kerbis was President and Chief Merchandising Officer of The Sports Authority, a sporting goods retailer, from 2000-2004. He has over 29 years of experience in the retail industry. Prior to his tenure at Sports Authority, Mr. Kerbis spent 18 months at Filenes, a division of the May Company....
Director of Retail Sales
Brown Shoe Company, Inc
Steve Carnley is Director of Retail Sales at Famous Footwear, the $1B subsidiary of the Brown Shoe Corporation focused on family and specialty retail shoes. Mr. Carnley has over 25 years of experience in the footwear industry. At Famous Footwear he sells Adidas, Columbia, K-Swiss, Mudd, New Balance,...
CEO
Shoe Sensations
Thomas J. Slover is CEO of Shoe Sensation Inc., a Consumer Growth Partners portfolio company operating a chain of family shoe stores in the Midwest, since January 2008. Prior to this Mr. Slover was President and Chief Executive Officer at Foot Locker Europe, from 2002 to 2005. He is a senior executive...
Howie GelbtuchPrincipal
Greenwich Realty Advisors Writing Corp
Howie Gelbtuch is currently the Principal of Greenwich Realty Advisors Incorporated, a Real Estate valuation and appraisal firm. Mr. Gelbtuch has been involved in the real estate industry for 30 years, with experience in a variety of different fields. At Greenwich, Mr. Gelbtuch has performed real estate...
Jason CollinsFootwear industry Executive consultant, analyst
Jason Collins
Jason Collins is a Footwear industry executive consultant and business strategic planner to several footwear manufacturers and retailers. Previously, Mr. Collins was the Global Director of Product Development at K-SWISS footwear company (KSWS), where he was responsible for a product category that exceeded...
Michael Miller, CSAIndependent Consultant
Independent Consultant- Michael Miller
Michael Miller is an Independent Consultant specializing in retail real estate. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Toys R Us, from 1977-1999 and remained under contract as a consultant to Toys R Us until 2004. He was responsible for the real estate, legal, architectural,...
Greg DutterEditorial Director
Footwear Plus Magazine
Greg Dutter is currently the Editorial Director of Footwear Plus magazine, a division of Symphony Publishing in New York. Footwear Plus is a leading monthly business-to-business publication covering the footwear industry...
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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
Companies that are fine tuning their merchandise presentation, actively seeking out third party logistics (3PL) to minimize inventory risk, and employing more dynamic order replenishment systems are going to be the winners in this market.
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While management is clearly thinking long and hard about its business, tough choices need to be made about how to best position Dillard's for the future. Dillard's clearly needs to take a leadership position in evolving the industry to a healthier, more exciting consumer environment at retail, which...
How real are the issues that currently face Under Armour? The stock fell 24% on Friday as part of a perfect storm fueled by recession concerns, negative retail reports for the Holiday period, and a UA forecast termed disappointing by stock analysts, all converging at the same time. What impact will the...
The article while factual just scratches the surface of center development. It just gives an indication of one of the incentives available to major tenants.
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