Job History
CurrentBert Pulitzer Corp 1965 -1970 $1.0M Sara Lee Corp. From 1970 - 1975 (Originally Consolidated Foods)Bert Pulitzer menswear division. $5.0M Marketing & design of the Gant shirt division +$20M. Designed the Gant Rugger knit shirts +$30M 1975 - 1978 Bert Pulitzer Corp. 1978 -1986 XMI consulting XMI 15+ consulting accounts, average 18 months.Macy’s Men’s Neckwear $400K -> $15M “ ” Dress shirts $2.4M -> $35M Designed the entire first Club Room men’s line. General Mills, I recommended to close a division. Avon, James River Traders man’s catalog $22M in first 12 months. Tiffany, I designed the uniforms for the entire staff. 1986 - 2010 Partner of XMI Menswear. $13M 2011 Southern Tide - Trained neckwear team, sales 30,000 units first season. 2012 New Business - Survivalon-LLC, Partner www.survivlon-llc.com 2015 May - 2016 June - Consultant to Chm. of the board Sears Canada. * Directed the store design team, formulated a new customer experience improving ease of shopping. The redesign became the new floor plan for all stores. * Managed business teams, changed “that is how we always did it at Sears” mentality to new ideas by team members feeling involved. * Redesigned catalog; Marketing, internet, creative, product development with SRVPs and their teams. * Worked with multi-business areas needing updating including IT and web design, HR. * Improved cooperation with major brand vendors, previously poor working relationships causing losses of important major brands. * I was responsible for brands returning to Sears. Lego and Samsonite. Opened talks with Canadian heads of Nike, Under Armour, and Calvin Klein, Clogs Shoes, etc.A year later Sears began is the last decline.