Study Group: Warehouse Club Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 202
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Marc Balmuth LLC
Marc Balmuth is currently an independent consultant to the retail industry. He most recently served as the CEO of Bobs Stores from 1997-1999. Prior, he was President of Caldor, a $2.8B upscale discount store based in the Northeast. He served in this capacity from 1987-1996 and led the company as a division...
Jason KraOwner
Foreign Resources Corporation
Jason Kra is the President and Owner of Foreign Resources Corporation (FRC), an apparel manufacturer in the USA and a supplier to virtually every major specialty apparel retailer, department stores, & discounters, since 1993. FRC is a US$ 225MM manufacturer of outerwear and lifestyles bottoms. Here,...
Alan SchlesingerConsultant
Alan Schlesinger
Alan Schlesinger is currently an independent Consultant at his own retail consulting company, where he analyzes and forecasts monthly trend information and provides consulting to retail companies. Mr. Schlesinger has more than 30 years of experience in the retail industry and is knowledgeable about...
President
Bevmark LLC
Tom Pirko is currently the President of Bevmark, a premier food & beverage Industry consulting firm providing strategic counsel to senior management of the world's leading food & beverage companies. Mr. Pirko is an expert on strategic planning, competition, mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing, marketing...
David WorkmanExecutive Director
PRO Buying Group
David Workman is currently an Executive Director at 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 sales annually....
Martin BrillManaging Partner
Sweetwater Consulting LLC
Martin Brill is the Managing Partner of Sweetwater Consulting LLC, an apparel consulting firm focused on developing new brand strategies and global growth opportunities for specialty retailers, where he is working since April 2000. Mr. Brill has more than 30 years of retail, wholesale and direct marketing...
Nancy MarinoOwner
Nancy Marino Consulting
Nancy Marino has been the Owner of a retail consultancy, providing advisory services to retailers and manufacturers including Hanesbrands, Global Sourcing Division (formerly Sara Lee Branded Apparel) since July 2007. Ms. Marino served as Senior Vice President of Global Sourcing with Hanesbrands/Sara...
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....
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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
Li and Fung not only is one of the biggest sourceing companies in Asia and one of the best financed and diversified, it is run by two od the brightest men in the industry. They are both educated in the United States and one has taught at Harvard Business School. They know the business...
The entire department store segment is hurting right now, but those that improve their merchandising strategies , build their store brand though creative marketing and improve the shopping experience for their customers will emerge as market leaders once the economy turns around....
Operating under the radar in the shadows of industry greats like Allen Questrom and Mike Ullman, Ken Hicks has been the guy who brings the theme "every day matters" to life as an executive. He takes the vision of these great leaders and translates it into the strategies and tactics that have helped...
Many retailers over the years have gone down the path of increasing their private label penetration to the point where their business suffers at the top line, and eventually the bottom line. JCP is heavily penetrated with private brands now, and with the disappointng launch of American Living, pushing...
Discount stores are not the only sector holding up well in what has been described as the worst retail apparel environment in the past twenty years. Innovative specialty chains that know their customers well are moving forward with fresh assortments and new product categories that speak to their...
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