John Payne

About John Payne

I have been in retail for 36 years and wholesale for 6 years. I started working for a start up boutique in Cincinnati, Ohio while going to school. I became GMM/VP for Brown Shoe who bought our operation in 72. We had over 175 stores by 1984. Worked at Millers Outpost in LA for 8 years as Divisional Merchandise Mgr. Bottoms 4 years, tops 3 years and active/seasonal for 1 year. Traveled Asia, South America, Mid East and Europe. Spent 8 years with Goody\'s Family Clothing as GMM over Mens, Young mens and Childrens. Division(did over $385.0 Million). I was Brand Manager of Duck Head label for Goody\'s. We did over 100.0 Million the first year. I have started or managed over 20 private labels in my career. I have spent 6 years as VP of Sales and Marketing for import companies. I handle sales nation wide and I am involved in design of the lines. Specialties: Starting Brands and managing them. Sales to Major Retailers Nationwide Building retail business with Mens/Young mens product

Experience

1. VP Sales

   Marc Nelson Denim

   May 2014 — Present · US

   Sales to specialty stores, chain stores and outdoors retailers.

Education

• Honey Creek Hight School

  Reg

  1963 — 1967

• University of Cincinnati

  n/a, Business

  1970 — 1971

• Indiana State University

  Bach, Business, Teaching

  1967 — 1972

Skills

• Sales Management
• Multi-Unit
• Textiles
• Tactical Planning
• Store Management
• Sales
• Driving Results
• Sportswear
• Retail Sales
• Fashion
• Product Development
• Purchasing
• Team Building
• Trend Analysis
• Management
• P&L
• New Store Openings
• Profit
• Microsoft Word
• Inventory Management
• Pricing
• Forecasting
• Apparel
• Leadership
• Store Operations
• Denim
• Inventory Control
• Income Statement
• Private Label
• Multi-Channel Retail
• Pos
• Leadership Development
• Marketing
• Trend
• Assortment
• Merchandise Planning
• Cpfr
• Start-Ups
• Loss Prevention
• Wovens