New board member elected at Perry Ellis
Perry Ellis International has elected Barry Gluck as a new independent member to the company’s board of directors, bringing the total number of directors to nine and the number of independent directors to seven.
Mr Gluck has worked in the retail industry for 18 years, with a strong emphasis in merchandising and store planning. He held numerous senior executive positions at Federated, Dayton-Hudson Corporation, Macy’s and Ross Stores Inc, where he worked from 1989 until his retirement in January of 2007 as executive vice-president in charge of merchandising, marketing and store planning/allocation.
Mr Gluck is managing director of the Fallen Angels Foundation, a non-profit organisation he founded in 2002, which helps homeless, abandoned, battered and abused women, children and animals. He is also an active benefactor of the University of Notre Dame, where he established scholarship endowments at the Mendoza College of Business and the Urban Plunge programme through the Center for Social Concerns.
Perry Ellis designs, distributes and licenses of a range of men's and women's apparel and accessories, including casual shirts, golf sportswear, active wear and swimwear.
