DFS Group Names Rick Cusick Senior Vice President, GMM, Fashion & Accessories.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- DFS (Distributed File System) An enhancement to Windows NT/2000 and 95/98 that allows files scattered across multiple servers to be treated as a single group. With Dfs, a network administrator can build a hierarchical file system that spans the organization's LANs and Group Limited, the world's leading retailer to the international traveler, today announced that Rick Cusick has been named Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager of Fashion & Accessories. Mr. Cusick is currently Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager, Men's and Children's Apparel and Accessories at Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. His appointment at the DFS Group is effective July 7, 1999. He will be based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and will report to Edward Brennan, President of DFS-Merchandising. Mr. Cusick will be responsible for creating and directing product development and growth strategies for the DFS Group's Fashion and Accessories unit. He will succeed Barbara Wambach, who has been promoted to Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of the LVMH LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (upscale retailer) Selective Distribution Group. (LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton The Louis Vuitton Company (more commonly known simply as Louis Vuitton) is a luxury French fashion and leather goods brand and company, headquartered in Paris, France. It is a division of the French holding company, LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy S.A. is the majority owner of DFS Group.) "We are thrilled that Rick Cusick will be joining the DFS team and will lead the merchandising of our fashion and accessories unit," said Mr. Brennan. "In Rick's 16-year tenure in the retail industry, he has developed a talent for increasing sales, managing brand product development and motivating team members. I am confident that he will be a significant asset to the DFS Group and will contribute to the diversification of our product lines." Mr. Cusick joined Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., in 1996 as Merchandise Vice President of Women's Accessories. He was promoted to his current position in 1997. Prior to joining Bon-Ton Stores, Rick was Divisional Merchandise Manager of Coats, Suits and Special Sizes for Marshall's. He began his career in several divisions of May department stores The May Department Stores Company was a department store chain founded in 1877 by David May in Leadville, Colorado. Its headquarters moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1905, and the company went public in 1911. where he held merchandising responsibilities in women's and men's sportswear as well as women's accessories. Based in San Francisco, DFS Group Limited is majority-owned by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the Paris-based luxury products group. A part of LVMH's Selective Distribution Group, DFS operates more than 150 duty-free and general merchandise stores throughout Asia, the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. , and the West Coast of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . |
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