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Garro, Dennis ([1931]-)

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  • Existence: [1931]-

Biography

Dennis Garro served as the Senior Vice President / General Manager of the Men's division at Bloomingdale's as well as the Boys division and Young World (kids) division. He worked with Macy's San Francisco for nine years prior, and was with the Macy's organization in Kansas City for a year and a half before that. His career first began in 1970 at Abraham & Straus. His work with the men's division began when he moved to Macy's San Francisco. While at Macy's San Francisco, Garro also worked in general ready-to-wear before becoming the regional director of stores. At the time of this interview, Garro had been reporting directly to Marvin S. Traub at Bloomingdale's for roughly one year. Garro retired from Bloomingdale's in 1989, after roughly four and a half years with the company. This happened amidst the pending sale of Bloomingdale's.

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Dennis Garro interview, 1987 January 16, 1987 January 16

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.3.3
Scope and Contents This interview first discusses Dennis Garro's work experience leading up to his move from Macy's to Bloomingdale's in 1986. Garro briefly presents some of the main cultural differences between Macy's and Bloomingdale's as being inherenet within the California culture of Macy's and the New York City culture of Bloomingdale's. Garro shies from comparing Phil Schann (head of Macy's at the time) and Marvin S. Traub (head of Bloomingdale's at the time) other than to say that they were similar...
Dates: 1987 January 16
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / The Bloomingdale's interviews, 1986 November 5-1987 January 16

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