New York (N.Y.)
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lester Gribets interview, 1986 November 19, 1986 November 19
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.3.4
Scope and Contents
This conversation covers very little of Lester Gribetz' life and career at Bloomingdale's. There is a brief intro in which Gribetz lays out his professional trajectory from trainee under Martin S. Traub to his role in merchandising. Like most of Traub's employees at Bloomingdale's, Gribetz praises Traub as a boss and as a person. He describes him as exciting, challenging, enlightened, and demanding. Gribetz attributes Traub's high standards to keeping workers excited and motivated. Traub is...
Dates:
1986 November 19
Terry Schaefer interview, 1986 November 21, 1986 November 21
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.3.7
Scope and Contents
This conversation takes place only a few weeks after Schaefer had joined Bloomingdale's as the Vice President of Marketing. Schaefer gives a quick recap of the previous 13 years of his career before talking about his thoughts on his new boss, Marvin S. Traub, as well as his new position at Bloomingdale's. Coming from first a marketing background and then, briefly, a retail background, Schaefer discusses the importance of retailers being fully aware of what people are reading, wearing,...
Dates:
1986 November 21