Study Group: Toy Retailers Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 44
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
President
HSA Consulting, Inc
Howard Jackson is President of HSA Consulting Inc, the world's premier warehouse club, discount & food retail consulting firm, since 1993. He is the leading expert on the Mexican retail market. HSA provides retail strategy, productivity/cost improvement, marketing, licensing & acquisition services....
James BaumPresident
James E Baum & Associates
James Baum has been the President of James E Baum & Associates, a consultancy focusing on the toy, mass market and specialty retail industries, since 1998 . Mr. Baum has more than 40 years of experience in the retail industry and is familiar with a wide range of toy related manufacturers, retailers...
Thomas Souza, MBAChief Executive Officer
Personalized Experts
Thomas Souza is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Personalized Experts, a rapidly growing marketing and promotions company. Personalized Experts offers almost one million promotional items including shirts, silk screening, embroidery, direct to garment, signs, banners, engraving, pens mugs....
Robert CurtisPresident
Curtis Associates, Inc.
Robert Curtis is the President of Massachusetts based, Curtis Associates, Inc., where he has worked since 1986. Curtis Associates, Inc. is a distributor and manufacturer's representative firm for the toy, gift and house wares industry serving United States based retailers. Mr. Curtis has been responsible...
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,...
Founder
Byrne Communications
Chris Byrne is the Founder of Byrne Communications, a retail trade association, publication, since June 1990. Mr. Byrne has over 26 years of experience in Toy Industry and childern's lifestyle expert with broad-based experience in marketing, product development, editorial and business analysis. Previously,...
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Wal-Mart has consistently cut prices at the beginning of the Q4 toy season. It garners lots of publicity. This year, however, they are using it to move through spring and summer inventory. Great idea! Excellent product, and it gets consumers into the stores and thinking about toys. Also, it primarily...
Private Equity Firms; the squeeze is just beginning. Overpaying, loading companies with debt with little financial risk investment from private equity has been the norm for almost 10 years. TIMES R CHANGING. Banks have begun to reel back financing and companies cannot afford...
That fact that this is Circuit City is the article headline only leads way to retail 2008. Can we take another round of mergers and acquisitions. Does the independant survive? How does Circuit City stabalize and survive during an economic crisis. Is it over for Circuit City? ...
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Finlay lowers 4q outlook. The reason given is weak sales. I am looking at my crystal ball and I am seeing the same report over and over.
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