Leading with Respect (eBook)

Adventures of an Off-Price Fashion Pioneer

Marcy Syms (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
240 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-4442-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Infused with inspiring lessons and inside stories, this is a compelling look at leadership from a retail fashion pioneer who guided her family's company through decades of success, all built on a foundation of respect. For 35 years, Marcy Syms appeared in TV and radio commercials for her family's company, voicing its famous slogan, ';An educated consumer is our best customer.' Syms was the first truly off-price retailer, offering name brands at cut-rate prices. At its peak, the chain had dozens of stores in 13 states. For Syms, the key to success wasrespectfor the consumers, for the employees, and for the designer brands they sold. Working closely with her father, Sy Syms, the business's founder, Marcy helped transform Syms from a family concern to a retailing powerhouse. When Syms went public, Marcy became the youngest female president of an NYSE-listed company. From the triumphs and challenges of female entrepreneurship to the excitement of store openings,Leading with Respectrecounts the extraordinary origin story of off-price retailing and provides a perceptive look at a business that foreshadowed many of today's market trends. Full of personal recollections and relatable insights,Leading with Respectshares one businesswoman's journey from the backroom to the boardroom.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Advanced Leadership Initiative • Advertising • Board Member • Brand names • business • Business Advice • business expansion • business lessons • Business Management • Business Plan • Business Self-Help • business tips • chain stores • Christie Hefner • clothing stores • Coach • Commercials • Competition • Corporate Boards • Customers • Customer service • department stores • discount pricing • Discount Retail • Economic Club of NY • educated consumer • Entrepreneurship • executive decision-making • factory outlets • factory outlet stores • Family Business • Family enterprise • family legacy • Fashion • Female CEO • Female Entrepreneurs • Female leaders • filene’s basement • Harvard University • influencer • Inspirational • International Women’s Forum • Leadership • Liz Claiborne • manhattan stores • Marcy's Place • Marcy Syms • men's clothing • Microeconomics • name brand • New Jersey • new york federal reserve • New York Stock Exchange • New York Women’s Forum • off-price retailer • outerwear • outlet mall • overruns • PBS • philanthropy • Radio • Ralph Lauren • respect • Retail Marketing • retail stores • Secaucus • Small Business • Success • syms • Syms clothing • Sy Syms • Television • TV • Wealth Management • Women in Business • Women in Leadership • women's clothing • Young Presidents’ Organization
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-4442-2 / 0806544422
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4442-7 / 9780806544427