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• A retail consultancy group focused on Brands / Trends / Merchandising / Operations
• Expert assessment of retail brands
• Guidance to management, owners, investment and legal community
• Complete review of merchandising, marketing, in house design, product development, sourcing, buying
• Retail real estate reviews of malls, strip centers, life style shopping areas, distribution centers
• Brand positioning, competitive review, assortment diagnostics

Gary works with retail companies, financial and legal communities as an adviser and expert.His focus is in all merchandising, retail trends, product development, operations and store safety.Gary's retail format focus is with big box, department stores, off-price, specialty, grocery, warehouse, online and store safety strategies.

• United Retail acquired by PPR in Fall 2007
• Successfully Executed Special Turnaround – Helped move a recently acquired company from public to private, reduce its losses, and grow the company
• Women’s plus size brands of Avenue, Avenue Body, Cloudwalker Footwear, Avenue Direct, and Jessica London Catalogue
• 500 mall and strip-center based specialty stores and online stores
• In-house exclusive designs and contract manufactured
• Full P&L and brand development responsibilities

Paris, FR

Executive leadership, decision making body for profitable growth.

• Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
• Successfully Executed Special Turnaround – Returned this company to profitability from large financial losses
• Sales, real estate, store planning & construction, operations, purchasing, acquisitions, and strategies
• 470 mall based fashion retail stores, Arden B. and Wet Seal brands
• Full P&L responsibilities
• Major turnaround project, saving company from financial failure and returning it to a profitable brand

Bellevue, WA, US

CEO of the the worlds largest Thrift Store Chain.Helped the company move from 100% family run, owned and influenced to a invest group owned, professional growth strategy brand.

Secaucus, New Jersey, US

• Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Responsible for the profitable operation of over 600 retail stores, 400 parent/child play & music program locations
• Designed, sourced and manufactured high quality play clothing
• Operating in 14 countries. Growing from 200 to over 600 stores
• Direct reports were international director of operations, heads of merchandising, marketing, stores, human resources, real estate and finance

• Executive Vice President, Stores & Operations
• Management and operations of 295 stores with annual sales in excess of $4.5 billion with 30,000 + employees
• Responsible for setting direction in support of company vision
• Financial responsibility included a $500 million annual budget
• Executive member of the Target Corporation management council. A parent company decision making body

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Vice President Regional Manager - West | 1976 - 1992
• Management of 60 stores in Northern California and Nevada
• Six districts, sales of $1.2 billion
• Operating profit/loss responsibility

Inaugural Class Leadership Completion, Values Based Leadership

Senior Management Class Completion, Board Of Directors Consortium

Management Class Completion, Strategic Business Negotiation

Did Not Complete, Business Admin