BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$409.4M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Retailer of Specialty Clothing
Chairman, President & CEO
Howard SocolNumber of Employees 1,400
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Men's Clothing Stores: 448110
Recent Events
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Burkle Becomes Barneys Investor
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Burkle buys Barneys New York debt - WSJ
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Barneys Unveils Scottsdale Flagship
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Barneys New York opens Scottsdale store
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Istithmar may fold
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W Hotels Worldwide Breaks New Ground with Fashion on a Global Level
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Barneys to file for bankruptcy?
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Keds and Loomstate Launch Sustainable Footwear Collection Exclusively for Barneys New York
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Lengthy Search for New CEO Dogs Barneys
News & Analysis
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Kennedy Promoted to Chief Merchant at Stage Stores HOUSTON -- Gregg Kennedy has been promoted to executive vice-president and chief merchandising officer for Stage Stores Inc. Kennedy succeeds Harry Brown, who resigned his post at Stage last November...
Barneys, Isetan seek to settle rent dispute.(Barney's Inc., Isetan Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
NEW YORK FNS - Barneys New York and Isetan Co. Ltd. are not expecting a quick resolution to Barneys' Chapter 11 case. Both companies are expected to ask Bankruptcy Judge James Garrity today for a nine-month extension of their rent truce - through March 31, ...
Isetan, Hankyu sign deal for joint buying programs.(Isetan Company Ltd., Hankyu Department Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)
TOKYO - Isetan Co., the Japanese department-store retailer embroiled in a bitter dispute with Barneys New York, has signed an agreement to develop joint buying programs and share merchandise-information systems with Hankyu Department Stores Inc. The companies said in a statement Monday that they would...
Isetan seeks OK to sue Pressmans for $170 mil.(Isetan Company Ltd., Robert and Gene Pressman)
Isetan Company Ltd filed in bankruptcy court for permission to sue Barney's Inc co-chairmen Robert and Gene Pressman for $170 million. Isetan is trying to recover funds it gave Barney's to build its three flagship stores. Barney's claims the money was an investment but Isetan insists it was a loan....
Isetan hires Dillon Read as its financial advisor. (Isetan Co. Ltd.; Dillon Read & Co. Inc.)(Brief Article)
NEW YORK FNS -- Isetan Co. Ltd., locked in a dispute with Barneys New York over ownership of Barneys, three flagship stores, has retained Dillon Read & Co. as its financial adviser. The move is an indication that Isetan could be eager to negotiate more seriously...
Judge OKs truce extension between Barneys, Isetan. (Barneys New York, Isetan Co. Ltd., bankruptcy Judge James Garrity Jr.)(Brief Article)
NEW YORK FNS - Bankruptcy Judge James Garrity Jr. Wednesday gave his blessing to an agreement between Barneys New York and Isetan Co. Ltd. that officially extends their truce through June 27. Continuation of the truce, which was expected, gives the two sides another two months...
Barneys drama continues.(Barneys New York in bankruptcy conflicts with Isetan Company Ltd.)
Barney's Inc CEOs Gene and Robert Pressman deny charges that they deceived global partner Isetan Company Inc in order to obtain a $180 million loan to expand domestic operations. Isetan has filed charges of fraud in bankruptcy court, where Barneys is in a Chapter 11 reorganization. The Pressmans say the...
Barneys refutes Isetan's charges retailer provided false numbers.
Barneys, the New York-based specialty clothing store, has denied reports from its international business partner that it provided false information in order to secure loans. Isetan Company Ltd. had earlier accused Barneys of using fraudulent information about its financial position to get $180 million loans. Barneys claims that current Isetan...
Barney's creditors committee asks court to freeze rent. (dispute with Isetan Company Ltd.)
Isetan Co. Ltd. has brought Barney's Inc. to court on charges that the clothing retailer failed to pay rent on three flagship stores. Barneys' creditors committee has asked Bankruptcy Court Judge James Garrity to freeze its rent payments based on the belief that Isetan is an equity partner and therefore...
Barneys bombshell: forced into bankruptcy protection.
Barney's Inc, faced with the imminent foreclosure of its three flagship stores, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The retailer's landlord, Isetan of America, had extended the foreclosure date to Jan 17, 1996, after Barney's missed $4 million in January rent payments. Barney's says it filed to restructure its seven-year relationship...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Steven M. Feldman | CFO & Executive Vice President |
| Karl Hermanns | Executive Vice President, Operations |
| Marc H. Perlowitz | General Counsel, Executive Vice President & Secretary |
| Michael Celestino | Executive Vice President, Store Operations |
| Tom Kalenderian | Executive Vice President, Menswear Mdsg |
| Vincent Phelan | Senior Vice President & Treasurer |
| Dawn Brown | Vice President, Publicity |
| Heidi Roger | Vice President of Financial Operations |
| Judith Collinson | Executive Vice President & Manager, Women's Mdsg |
| Alexandra Chantecaille |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Howard Socol | Chairman, President & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Chairman, President & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | CFO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | General Counsel, Executive Vice President & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Store Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Menswear Mdsg | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Senior Vice President & Treasurer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Vice President, Publicity | Current |
Heidi Roger, a founding board member of SafeMinds, is very involved in the public policy arena. She was one of the parents involved with passage of the New Jersey Infantile Autism Biomedical Research Act passed in New Jersey. Heidi helped craft the original draft of the first federal autism legislation, the Children's Health Act of 2000. Heidi was a co-author on Autism: A Novel Form of Mercury Toxicity, a landmark paper linking the symptoms of autism with excessive exposure to mercury and was published in Neurotoxicology, Medical Hypothesis, Molecular Psychiatry, Mothering Magazine and Autism- Asperger's Digest. She currently serves as the Cure Autism Now representative for the New Jersey's Governor's Council which has funded more than $9 million in autism research in New Jersey. She served as president of the Cure Autism Now New Jersey chapter for two years and co-chaired the first New Jersey/New York Walk Now event, which raised more than $300,000. She has one child, Andrew, 12, who has autism, and began speaking for the first time six months ago. Heidi is the Vice President of Financial Operations for Barney's New York.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Vice President of Financial Operations | Current |
| Safeminds | Treasurer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Executive Vice President & Manager, Women's Mdsg | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Lipari Web Design | Director of Sales Promotion, Chantecaille Cosmetics | Current |
| Barneys New York, Inc. | Current |
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