Howard Chernawsky

About Howard Chernawsky

H&J Liquidators was started in 1986, in the suburb of Franklin Park, Illinois, by two partners, Jack Siegal and Howard Chernawsky. Jack had just sold his interest in one of the most successful toys stores in the Chicago Area. Howard had just sold his thriving neighborhood pharmacy in Glenview, Illinois. Now both teamed up to see if they could buy and sell closeouts. A name had to be chosen, so they pondered about 5 minutes and came up with the name H&J Liquidators and Closeouts, Inc, not too original, but oh how lucky. At that time, there was no Google and little did they know that the two words in their name, “Liquidators” and “Closeouts”, would be such as asset in internet rankings. They already knew the right price to buy merchandise, but where could they purchase goods cheap enough so they could be resold. Living in the Chicago area was a great benefit. What a wonderful advantage, tons of wholesalers stuck with warehouses of merchandise. Jack and Howie would walk up and down the aisles at these shows and solicit the vendors to buy their mistakes. Part of their success was selling to other wholesalers what they just purchased. Of course not all of it would sell, so they needed other venues. One of the best ones was the Chicago Tribune. They would advertise every week to buy and sell merchandise. People would come from near and far to see what they had. Many people would call and sell to them what they couldn’t sell themselves. Don’t forget in these times warehouses were filled with unwanted inventories, problems and mistakes. Today, H&J is fortunate enough to have 25 years of experience based on reputation and the ability to sell merchandise way below wholesale. We encourage all Linkedin contacts to keep us informed of all opportunities that come your way. With your help, H&J is looking forward to another successful 25 years.Specialties: Buying closeout, surplus and problem merchandise, that could be sold to dollar stores, discount stores, variety stores, card shops and the like. This type of merchandise is also sold to mass marketers, flea market vendors, casinos, fund raisers, PTA’s, church groups and any market out there looking for value. We sell hundreds of items for 25 cents and less, almost unheard in the business today unless your liquidating. Call anytime at 22••••••30 or see their web site at

Experience

1. President - Howard Chernawsky

   H&j Liquidators And Closeouts, Inc

   Jun 1986 — Present

   Main duties are obtaining the most profitable deals for our company and our customers and making sure our customersare satisfied in doing business with us. Their success keeps us in business.

Education

• Boone and Mather

  RPh Degred, Pharmacy

• Drake University

  Pharmacy, Pharmacy

  1965 — 1970

Skills

• Account Management
• Sales
• Wholesale
• Time Management
• Sales Operations
• Sales Management
• Liquidation
• Product Marketing
• Merchandising
• Data Analysis
• International Business
• Advertising
• International Sales
• Direct Sales
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Planning
• Inventory Management
• Liquidations
• Key Account Management
• Inventory
• Retail
• B2b
• Small Business
• Team Building
• Trade Shows
• Profit
• P&L Management
• Purchasing
• Forecasting
• Marketing
• Food
• Sales Process
• Competitive Analysis
• Selling
• Start-Ups
• Business Planning
• New Business Development
• Fundraisers
• Pricing
• Business Development