Walter F. Loeb, President of Loeb Associates Inc., management consultants to domestic and international retail companies, real estate developers, apparel companies and other businesses within the retail industry, and Publisher of the Loeb Retail Letter, since 1990; Principal of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. from 1984 until 1990 and Senior Retail Analyst from 1974 until 1990, specializing in investment banking and brokerage. Other prior retail industry experience includes: Vice President of Johnson Redbook Service, a publisher of retail industry research; various positions with P.K. Halsted & Associates, Inc., an international retail consulting firm with clients throughout the United States and Europe; and various executive positions with Macy’s, the May Department Stores and Allied Stores. |