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Exclusive: George Zimmer on Being Fired by Men's Wearhouse, and What's Next
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| 9 Dec 2013
| Dan Primack
Posted on 12/09/2013 1:03:35 PM PST by shove_it
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...
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
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"You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:03:35 PM PST
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
Well, you know, ever since he shot that kid...
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:05:27 PM PST
by
marron
To: shove_it
Harland Sanders hated the way John Y Brown ran KFC.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:07:05 PM PST
by
AU72
To: marron
Congratulations, I just knew somebody would say this.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:07:25 PM PST
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
To: shove_it
I wonder if they said that to him when they fired him.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:07:49 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
To: marron
My thoughts exactly when I saw the thread title.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:07:57 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:08:56 PM PST
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
To: shove_it
good.maybe I can shop there now
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:09:47 PM PST
by
hecht
(america 9/11, Israel 24/7)
To: shove_it
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.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:09:48 PM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: shove_it
Doug Ewert is a punk, who homesteaded his position to oust George.
He’s a thief, period.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:09:56 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: shove_it
I remember Men’s Wearhouse supported OWS and still got their windows busted out.
lol
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:10:16 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: shove_it
I keep getting 404’d.
You are able to go to the article?
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:10:56 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: marron
That’s probably why he got fired...
Name’s too close for the low information crowd.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:11:37 PM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: shove_it
You’re gonna get fired one day. I guarandamntee it.
To: shove_it
Well, the job for the 2nd most interesting man in the world is available......
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:12:13 PM PST
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: shove_it
Maybe he shouldn’t have shot that poor unarmed teen...
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:12:18 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
To: shove_it
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.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:13:22 PM PST
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: GeronL
I laughed and laughed! Then, I wrote a check to Jos A Bank for several suits.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:13:55 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: marron
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.
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:13:57 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: shove_it; a fool in paradise
In before Zimmer, man, can’t sing!
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posted on
12/09/2013 1:15:04 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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