AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (7/14/10) – Robert L. Grant, a 40-plus-year veteran of the jewelry industry, has been named VP-Merchandising and Marketing for Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors.
In this multi-faceted role, the West Bloomfield, Mich. resident will direct retail and wholesale liquidation sales, turnaround consulting assignments, inventory appraisals for asset-based lenders, as well as marketing and vendor relationships for the division of Agoura Hills-based Buxbaum Group. He will primarily handle projects in areas east of the Rocky Mountains, while VP Gary Jorgensen will focus on areas west of the Rockies. Both report to Buxbaum Group Executive VP Stevan Buxbaum.
Grant began in the industry during the 1960s as a teenager, helping out in his family’s retail store, T.H. Grant, Inc.., in Farmington Hills, Mich. From 1967 to 1971, he learned the manufacturing side of the business as an apprentice at Tishman, Lipp and Corletto in New York. In 1971, after earning a Gemologist certification from the Gemological Institute of America, he rejoined the family business, ultimately rising to vice president, with responsibility for day-to-day operations.
When T.H. Grant closed its doors in 1986, Grant went to work for the firm that directed the going-out-of-business sale, Silverman Consultants, Inc., launching a career in jewelry liquidations, promotional sales and consulting that’s spanned over four decades. He briefly left the industry in 1996 to become a sales manager for residential lender Lincoln Mortgage Company.
Grant returned to the business in 1998 as an independent contractor, directing liquidation and promotional sales at single and multiple-location jewelers, as well as a wide variety of retail consulting projects on behalf of Buxbaum, Luster International, Bobby Wilkerson & Associates, and Silverman. Over the course of his career, he supervised going-out-of-business sales at such chains as Friedman’s, Kmart and regional retailer J Mark Jewelers.
“Bob’s extraordinary knowledge of all areas of the jewelry industry has been a huge asset to us on going-out-of-business and promotional sales, turnaround consulting assignments, and various other projects that he handled for us over the past year as an independent contractor,” said Stevan Buxbaum. “As our business continues to build, we couldn’t be more pleased to have him on board as a full-time member of our executive team.”
About Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors/Buxbaum Group
Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors has assembled a team of jewelry professionals that have provided wholesale and retail jewelers with financial solutions for more than 20 years. It offers a wide range of services and can meet the needs of both profitable and financially distressed jewelry retailers and wholesalers. It is a division of Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Buxbaum Group, which has built its reputation for over 30 years as one of the largest liquidators and appraisers of retail and wholesale inventories across North America, as well as a prominent turnaround investing firm.
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Press Contacts: At Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors, Stevan Buxbaum, (612) 363-6517, sbuxbaum@buxbaumgroup.com; at Parness & Associates Public Relations, Bill Parness or Lisa Kreda, (732) 290-0121, parnespr@optonline.net. |
