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Jan 30Executive Professor - Buckle
Feb 1Executive Professor - jcpenney
Feb 1Executive Professor - Sewell
Feb 1Retailing Career Fair
Feb 7Executive Professor - Sewell
Feb 7SRA Meeting - 7:00 PM
Feb 9Executive Professor - TAMU Library
Feb 21Executive Professor - Zale Corp
Feb 21SRA Meeting @ Target in Bryan
Feb 28H-E-B Day
Mar 6Executive Professor - Academy
Mar 6Executive Professor - Spoons
Mar 6SRA Meeting - 7:00 PM
Mar 10NYC Market Tour
Mar 20SRA tour at Buckle, 7:00 PM
Mar 21Executive Professor - Walgreens
Mar 21Executive Professor - H-E-B
Apr 3SRA Meeting - 7:00 PM
Apr 4Zale Lecture
Apr 5Executive Professor - Barnes & Noble
Apr 5Executive Professor - Lone Star College
Apr 17SRA tour @ Barnes & Noble
Apr 20Executive Professor - H-E-B
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M.B. Zale Visionary Merchant Lecture Series

 

Mr. Castro-Wright, Mr. Zale, and Mr. Ray with the Zale Scholars

The 2011 honoree with Mr. Don Zale, Mr. Gerald Ray, and the Zale Schoalrs 

 

 

The M.B. Zale Visionary Merchant Lecture Series celebrates innovative merchandising. It celebrates M.B. Zale's outstanding achievements in retailing by recognizing industry leaders with the Visionary Merchant Award.

 

M.B. Zale founded Zale Corporation, an international jewelry chain, in 1924. He is widely respected as one of the giants in retailing. Donald Zale, the founder's son, is chairman of the M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation and a member of the class of 1955 at Texas A&M University. His challenge to three Texas universities to help retailing by developing the next generation of retail leadership led to the creation of the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A&M in 1983.


On Wednesday, April 4, Zale Corporation's Theo Killion was honored with the 2012 award.  He currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Zale Corporation. Previously, Theo has worked at executive recruiting firm Berglass+Associates and as Executive Vice President of Human Resorces for the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.


PAST HONOREES

 

Eduardo Castro-Wright, Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Global.com

Garrett Boone, Co-Chairman; Kip Tindell, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Sharon Tindell, Chief Merchandising Officer, The Container Store

Robert L. Tillman, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Lowe's

Leonard Riggio, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Barnes & Noble

Gordon Segal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Crate and Barrel, Inc.

Marvin J. Girouard, '61, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pier 1 Imports

Dr. Jeffrey L. Bluestein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Harley-Davidson

Jim Carreker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Bombay Company

Bob Nardelli, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Home Depot

Maxine Clark, Chairman and Chief Executive Bear, Build-A-Bear Workshop

Mike Ullman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JCPenney Inc.

Matt Rubel, CEO and President, Payless ShoeSource

Sam Duncan, CEO and Chairman, OfficeMax Inc.

Robert D. Loeffler, Former President, H-E-B

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