Retail Safety, Operations, Merchandising Leader
Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: GW Retail Consulting
- Phone: (949) 697-1500
- Cell: 949 697-1500
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Business Operations and Clothing/ApparelKeywords/Search Terms:
Retail Operations, Stores, Merchandising, Retail Management, Retail Store Safety, Retail Operating Policy, Slips, Falls, Grocery, Retail Displays, Retail Property, Merchandise PackagingEducation:
, Harvard School of Negotiation; , Stanford University Board of Director school; , Henry Crown Aspen InstituteYears in Practice:
15Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
140Additional Information
Gary White is the CEO of GW Retail Consulting, a retail expert service that advises industry interested clients. He is also formerly the Chief Executive Officer of United Retail Group, Inc. and the Executive Vice President and COO of national retailer, Wet Seal, Inc. Gary has extensive experience in the retail business including five years at the Gymboree Corporation, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board, 2 years as the head of Savers Thrift Inc., and a 20-year career with Dayton Hudson, now Target Corporation, which owns Target and formerly Mervyn’s stores. He has also previously served on the boards of the March of Dimes and K.I.D.S. (Kids in Distressed Situations) and is an alumnus of the Henry Crown Fellowship program at the Aspen Institute. Always a forward-thinker ready to take on new and interesting leadership roles, much of Gary’s professional passion has and continues to be found in applying his unique retail expertise to business modalities in need of renewed vigor and special turnarounds, new growth initiatives, and evolving current business models to become even more successful through unexpected and fresh approaches.