Trudy Sullivan to Retire as Talbots CEO
WWD
December 5, 2011
“There’s no doubting that she’s very smart,” said Elaine A. Hughes, president of executive search firm E.A. Hughes & Co., … “But with some of these stores that have a long brand heritage, like Talbots does, it’s very difficult to try to contemporize that product.”
“There’s a reason for Talbots because you have an underserved customer,” she said. “That customer isn’t shopping J. Crew. She’s a middle-age woman who’s not refusing to grow old, but wants to be current and contemporary in her thought process.”
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Talbots Looking For New President
Wall Street Journal
November 30, 2011
"to distinguish itself in the market," said Elaine Hughes, owner of E.A. Hughes & Co., a retail-industry search firm in New York … “Talbots needs to resonate with the consumer as a brand," she said.
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Barneys snags a stylish new CEO
crain's new york
August 23, 2010
“He has a lot of depth of experience in the luxury sector to understand ultimately what that customer is looking for,” said Elaine Hughes, who runs retail executive search firm E.A. Hughes. “For Barneys, now there is public leadership rather than a management by committee, and that's always positive.”
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Class of 2010: Glimmer of Hope
WWD
May 18, 2010
“It continues to be a challenge,” said Elaine Hughes,
chief executive officer of E.A. Hughes Associates, an executive
search firm. “One of the things that can give anybody
a leg up, regardless of the school, is if they have
had internships. If they haven’t worked in a retail situation,
they’re more behind the eight ball.”
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Your Career: Landing a retail job in a recession
Associated Press
August 17, 2009
Candidates should do their homework to find out which stores are doing well and go after those jobs, said executive recruiter Elaine A. Hughes.
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Retail Execs See Pay Fall in '08
Women's Wear Daily
July 23, 2009
company boards “won't severely cut ceo's salaries,” said Elaine Hughes
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CEOs Turn to Boards in Tough Times
Footwear News
February 23, 2009
“Some of the boards that are most effective in guiding the CEO are boards that have former industry executives,” said Elaine Hughes, president of search firm E.A. Hughes & Co., noting that boards also should have directors who could step into the CEO role should the need arise.
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Layoffs Loom on Seventh Avenue
Women's Wear Daily
December 3, 2008
In tough times, cutbacks are not always the wise move. In a store chain if there is a cutback on floor personnel, it affects the customer service, which will be remembered by the customers when business resumes at a healthier pace.
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Claiborne, Designer Part
Wall Street Journal
October 9, 2008
Mr. Rodriguez's brand, known for sleek, body-hugging dresses that sell for $2,000 and up, "didn't fit into the Liz Claiborne model," said Elaine Hughes, chief executive of E.A. Hughes & Co., an executive-search firm. "It was a square peg in a round hole."
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Aeropostale Gets Grounded
Crain's NY Business
September 19, 2008
There’s going to be a sales deceleration across the board, but no more here than elsewhere.
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Catching Up With Elaine Hughes, E. A. Hughes and Company
MR Magazine
September 8, 2008
I’m seeing some nice product out there but it’s like buying furniture and not having a house to put it in. We need stores to put the product in. We’re trusting our fashion futures to the vertical operators and their point of view is limited: it’s either trend-right for 22-year-olds (Abercrombie, etc) or else it’s totally non-descript (Lands End). What about fashion for the 35+ guy?
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Warnaco Suited for Success
Crain's NY Business
July 13, 2008
We're all talking doom and gloom, but there are bright spots out there, and Warnaco's one.
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