This qualified expert earned his BS in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has extensive experience in the field of retail planning, merchandising, and operations, with expertise in both brick and mortar and online retail and full price and off price products, as well as in-depth knowledge of all financial operations inside retailers as well as with external partners. He formerly served as the vice president and merchandise manager ...
This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in retail store management. She earned her BS in consumer, apparel, and retail studies from the University of North Carolina Greensboro with a concentration in apparel product design. She has formerly worked for companies such as Target and Anthropologie. While with Target, she held such roles as senior team leader of guest experience and softlines and executive team leader of assets protection. With Anthropologie, ...
This expert is an industrial designer with over 50 years of experience in the field. His expertise ranges from retail store planning and product management to exhibits and design management. He earned his BA in industrial design from Pratt Institute and is active in his field as a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. For many years, he served in a retail safety and merchandising capacity. He has also worked ...
This expert in mattress and sleep product manufacturing has more than 30 years of experience in the field. He earned his BA in political science from Williams College and has completed courses through the MBA program at Babson College and the Harvard University Extension Program. He has served in executive roles for multiple sleep product manufacturers, including as president at Serta, as chairman of the Board at Englander Sleep Products, and as the founder and president ...
This expert specializes in safety/loss prevention, training and facility maintenance, safety program design & development, and retail management. He has more than 20 years of experience serving with retail/wholesale industry leaders, including The Home Depot, Sears, Kohl's, and C&S Wholesale Grocers. Currently, this expert is the owner of a private retail safety consulting firm....
This highly qualified expert has been responsible for hiring and training thousands of people and dozens of service providers for the companies that he has been in charge of and he has 20+ years of experience with big box retail establishments. He has been trained at Stanford University and at the Harvard Negotiation Institute and is a Director at the National Retail Federation. He is the former CEO at United Retail Group and the former Executive Vice President and Chief ...
This highly qualified and experience gemologist is a Graduate Gemologist (GG) from the Gemological Institute of America and an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society Appraisers. He is one of the few Master Gemologist Appraisers in the U.S. He has served as an expert witness in many high profile cases and observes the Code of Ethics of the American Society of Appraisers and all documents and services offered are provided in conformity with the Uniform ...
This expert specializes in gas station and convenience store operations, management, and safety, with specific focus on site valuations, operating procedures, capital and expense management. He earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a MBA in Finance from Drexel University. He has 37 years of experience in the downstream petroleum refining and marketing industry with ARCO and BP. As President of BP West Coast Products, LLC and Vice President ...
This expert is a specialist in vehicle incursion accidents. He has led studies on how frequently they occur, their common causes, and the most frequent design or construction failures which lead to them. Has worked to create the largest national database for accidents on private property outside of the insurance industry.
For almost twenty years, he has worked closely with people in government, industry, academia, and the commercial property/retail market to ...
This visual merchandising professional recently served as the Vice President of Visual Merchandising & Store Design for all Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh stores. He held this role from 2007 until 2016 and was responsible for the design and visual merchandising in 400 new stores. He also developed and trained field leaders in store merchandising standards. Previously, the expert served as an Associate Vice President of Visual Merchandising for Victoria's Secret and as the ...
A magistrate judge in the Central District of California recently handed down a blockbuster precedent in the product liability case, Kaupelis v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. The decision concerns the scope of discovery when dealing with personal information protected…
On August 5, 2020, an Illinois woman filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Macy’s for its alleged use of facial-recognition software, Clearview AI, to identify shoppers in Chicago stores. Filed in the Northern District Count of Illinois, the complaint…
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Sheetz v. Wal-Mart Stores, East, L.P. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193469 The court agrees with the defendant’s argument. The expert is highly qualified in…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Maes v. Lowe’s Home Ctrs. LLC Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127513 In this premises liability case, a rack of rakes fell…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Kelly v. Bare Escentuals Beauty, Inc. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150060Â Facts The plaintiff was visiting the defendant’s cosmetics store to return…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Eldridge v. Pet Supermarket, Inc. Citation: 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39100 Facts The plaintiff alleged that the defendant used an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS)…
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Yazujian v. PetSmart Citation: 729 Fed. Appx. 213 Facts In the initial trial, the plaintiff alleged she slipped and fell on a water puddle in a…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Bennett v. Target Corp. Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189067 In this personal injury case, the plaintiff Sharon Bennett broke her foot after she…
This case involves an incident that occurred in retail pharmacy. The day before the incident, a woman wearing a hoodie and sunglasses came into the pharmacy and stole baby formula. Although the woman was caught on camera, police were not…
This case involves a man who was injured when several boxes fell from a mounted floor display as he was selecting one. As he went to select one of the boxes on the top shelf, several of them follow causing…
The child suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and was rushed to the hospital. The child eventually succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. An expert in retail operations was sought to review the standards for displaying and selling recreational…