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Senior level retail executive with over 40 years experience merchandising better mens and womens apparel, marketing, and operations with companies including Saks Fifth Avenue, Federated Department Stores, and the Hartmarx Corporation; positions included Buyer, Merchandise Manager, Store General Manager, and CEO; traveled extensively to both New York and European mens and womenswear markets; served as General Manager for both womens fashion specialty and department stores; managed the restructuring and developed the business and strategic plans for a company in bankruptcy and through Chapter 11 proceedings, and managed the opening and operations of Saks Fifth Avenues store in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, spending two years living in the Kingdom.