Excerpt from WWD.com – June 19, 2014 “Murphy would be a great hire,” said Elaine Hughes, founder and CEO of E.A. Hughes & Co. “He didn’t necessarily have a track record in the [apparel] industry when he was hired at The Gap,” she said. “But Gap understood that the company was full of merchants.” Murphy […]
Excerpt from WWD.com – June 5, 2014 Still, Elaine Hughes, president of executive search firm E.A. Hughes & Co., said Lyons should not be overlooked. “The investment community needs to get over their infatuation with the single-genius theory,” she said. “Mickey Drexler’s success with J. Crew is well documented and at some point would be […]
Excerpt from The Journal Gazette – May 26, 2014 Elaine Hughes, founder and CEO of E.A. Hughes, an executive search firm that specializes in retailing, said Target needs to look outside the clothing industry, and can’t just use the “same Rolodex” as the retail industry keeps using. Role, challenges of CEO changing quickly Article […]
Excerpt from online.WSJ.com – May 6, 2011 “There are not a lot of sitting CEO candidates who have had extensive experience managing both brick and mortar and online,” said Elaine Hughes, head of E.A. Hughes & Co., a small search firm that specializes in retail. Meanwhile, she said, the number of retailers seeking new leaders […]
Excerpt from WWD.com – June 19, 2013 “Just about anything’s open to her,” said Elaine Hughes, founder and ceo of search firm E.A. Hughes, who noted that she could take a top job at one of VF Corp.’s lifestyle brands or even go to J.C. Penney Co. Inc. “She could be a breath of fresh […]
Excerpt from WWD.com – April 23, 2013 Elaine Hughes, owner of E.A. Hughes, an executive search firm, said, “Any company, especially one that’s publicly traded, where there’s a stall in stock price and comes a resurgence of a new brand, like a Michael Kors, when you have a change of the ceo at the top, […]
Excerpt from online.WSJ.com – April 9, 2013 “The bench of potential CEOs is sparse,” said Elaine Hughes, head of E.A. Hughes & Co., a retail-industry search firm. She mainly blames retailers’ reduced spending on management training and development. Retail Industry Short on Star Executives (paid online WSJ.com subscription required) Article by Joann S. Lublin
Excerpt from WWD.com – October 29, 2012 Elaine Hughes, president of executive search firm E.A. Hughes & Co., said women are making headway in the industry, with many running divisions of large firms. “Most publicly traded companies have been making a concerted effort to recruit for diversity,” Hughes said. “Companies ask for documentation that the […]
Excerpt from WWD.com – August 13, 2012 Elaine Hughes, president of E.A. Hughes & Co.: “The key issue is that government has to invest in training and development of mature employees, meaning those that have to change skill sets from those related to a standard brick-and-mortar model to an e-commerce direct-to-consumer model. That training would help […]
Excerpt from WWD.com – July 30, 2012 At the end of the day, compensation should always be tied to performance,” said Elaine Hughes, president of search firm E.A. Hughes & Co. Fashion’s Talent Race: Executive Pay Soars (paid WWD subscription required) Article by Evan Clark
