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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If he were just more of a man, he would be George Zimmerman.
The Mens' Warehouse in my town is in a dump strip mall with a puny inventory, compared to the JA Banks store which is in an upscale mall with a wide selection in my 41L size.
For a split second I thought the title read George Zimmerman.
The link I posted works for me.
They are attempting to purchase that store .
I had to hire two lawyers a couple of years back (One for my wife and me, one for the kids), during a contested adoption. In their offices, I never saw them wearing a suit or tie but in court appearences, both always wore suits.
Zimmer, Zimmerman, what difference does it make?.......Hillary
What’s the old joke?
Iceberg, Goldberg, what’s the difference?!
Mustuh been muh phone.
back at desk reading now...
The guy is a punk. He sat in my Mom’s assigned seat on a plane about 15 years ago and refused to move. My Mom ended up crammed against a window in another row to avoid a confrontation. This punk is lucky I wasn’t on that flight.
Did the board mistook George Zimmer for George Zimmerman?
That’s what happens when you wear a hoodie. People don’t like the way you look.
If he had just been dressed in a nice suit then George Zimmer would have liked the way he looked. I guarantee it.
George Zimmer.
If you like your suit, you can keep your suit...
LOL, that was my first reaction.
“You’re going to like the way you stay thirsty, my friends.”
I worked at The Anaheim Theme Park, in the 90’s. The founder’s nephew, Roy, was there, early one morning, and I happened to be sitting nearby, but out of sight. The comments that he made about those running his late Uncle Walt’s business were scathing, to say the least.
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