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Mr. Aronson has been a director of the Company since November 2001. Mr. Aronson has been a senior advisor at Kurt Salmon Associates, a global management consulting firm specializing in services to retail and consumer products companies, since 1997. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Woodward & Lothrop/John Wanamaker from 1989 to 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Aronson was chairman and chief executive officer of the Batus Retail Group, then the parent entity of Saks Fifth Avenue, Marshall Fields, Kohls, Gimbels, Ivey's, Frederick & Nelson, Crescent and Breuners. From 1979 to 1983, Mr. Aronson served as chairman and chief executive officer of Saks Fifth Avenue. Prior to that, Mr. Aronson also served as chairman and chief executive officer of Bullock's, now Macy's West, a division of Federated Department Stores. Mr. Aronson currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Parsons School of Design and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at New School University. | 