The Men's Wearhouse Inc. (Houston) has named apparel retailing veteran Allen Questrom to its board of directors.
Questrom’s impressive 40-year resume includes running the Barneys New York, Federated Department Stores, JCPenney and Neiman Marcus organizations.
He was chairman and ceo of Neiman Marcus from 1988 to 1990; chairman and ceo of Federated (now Macy's) from 1990 to 1997; chairman of Barneys in 1999 and 2000; and chairman and ceo of JCPenney’s from 2000 to 2004. He has been a senior adviser for Lee Equity Partners (New York) since 2006.
He has also served as a board member of Walmart Stores Inc. and Footlocker Inc., was non-executive chairman of Deb Shops Inc., one of Lee Equity’s holdings.