Ask the Author gives you the chance to exchange business ideas and comments on the state of luxury retailing with Ira Neimark.

As Chairman and CEO of Bergdorf Goodman, Ira Neimark set records for the company over the 17 years of his leadership. He also distinguished himself in top management and merchandising posts at Neiman Marcus Group, B. Altman, Fox, Gladdings and Bonwit Teller.

Ira Neimark’s recent lectures on business strategies and the new luxury retailing landscape have been to students at Columbia Business School, Fashion Institute of Technology, and New York University’s Stern School of Business, where he is scheduled to return in Fall 2007. He has also addressed The Luxury Marketing Council and The Executive Forum, an affiliate of the NYU School of Business.

Ira Neimark is a Director of The Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation and Hermes of Paris, and was Adjunct Professor of Retail Marketing at the Columbia University Business School. Italy and France awarded him the prestigious Cavaliere Della Republica and the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, respectively, as well as the Medal of the City of Paris.

(Note: The first blog entry will be October 19, and will probably begin with something like: I’ve just returned from the Barry Kaye College of Business at Florida Atlantic University, where I gave a lecture on…)