Exclusive: George Zimmer on Being Fired by Men's Wearhouse, and What's Next

YahooFinance ^ | 9 Dec 2013 | Dan Primack

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FORTUNE -- It was the firing heard around America. George Zimmer was out at The Men's Wearhouse (MW), after 40 years and countless television ads in which he guaranteed that customers would like the way they look.

The company's initial termination announcement was terse and without explanation, sparking social media outrage among some customers and fans. It then provided a more detailed explanation, essentially alleging that Zimmer was unable to accept that he was no longer CEO of the company he founded -- Zimmer handed the reins over to Doug Ewert in 2011, but remained executive chairman -- and alleged that he had been working to take the company private. Zimmer hired a PR firm and responded in a blistering public letter...

[shove_it]

"You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."

[marron]

Well, you know, ever since he shot that kid...

[AU72]

Harland Sanders hated the way John Y Brown ran KFC.

[shove_it]

Congratulations, I just knew somebody would say this.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I wonder if they said that to him when they fired him.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My thoughts exactly when I saw the thread title.

[shove_it]

It’s in the article.

[hecht]

good.maybe I can shop there now

[Jewbacca]

Zimmerman is an idiot and a manic supporter of Occupy Wall Street.

Brilliant move for a suit seller -— attack banks, given that bankers and lawyers are the last people who wear suits everyday.

[Vendome]

Doug Ewert is a punk, who homesteaded his position to oust George.

He’s a thief, period.

[GeronL]

I remember Men’s Wearhouse supported OWS and still got their windows busted out.

lol

[Vendome]

I keep getting 404’d.

You are able to go to the article?

[MrB]

That’s probably why he got fired...

Name’s too close for the low information crowd.

[Old Yeller]

You’re gonna get fired one day. I guarandamntee it.

[edpc]

Well, the job for the 2nd most interesting man in the world is available......

[2ndDivisionVet]

Maybe he shouldn’t have shot that poor unarmed teen...

[righttackle44]

Well, ever since the company put up a sign that they supported the Occupy crowd, I haven't much cared about the company, no matter how good they made me look.

And besides, if you're going to turn your company public, you'd best be prepared for the fact that you've made a decision that will put you in exactly the situation Zimmer created for himself. I don't want to hear his wails and wallers. What he did, he did to himself.

And he doesn't look too good for having done it.

[Cyber Liberty]

I laughed and laughed! Then, I wrote a check to Jos A Bank for several suits.

[tumblindice]

Yep, he shouldn’t have threatened the blonde bimbo with that shotgun.
Years of being the doorman at the Men’s Whorehouse made him prickly.

[Revolting cat!]

In before Zimmer, man, can’t sing!