Senior Vice President/General Merchandise Manager
Broadway Department Stores
Greater Los Angeles Area
Responsibilities included the Men's and Young Men's Stores, The Children's Stores and the Home Store. Relative to the apparel businesses I developed trend setting and item businesses and developed key resources that set our franchise apart from the competition. Relative to the Home Store, I developed the China, Glass and Gift Businesses, The Silver Business the Carpet/Drapery and Curtain Businesses. All of the aforementioned businesses were very high margin businesses relative to the historical franchise. I developed multi million dollar import businesses in Europe and The Far East which was emulated by many national retailers. I improved the combined gross margin by over 10 basis points