Marvin S. Traub, the retailing impresario who transformed Bloomingdale's from a stodgy Upper East Side family department store into a trendsetting international showcase of style and showmanship in the 1970s and '80s, died on Wednesday at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
MARVIN S. TRAUB, the impresario of the retail theater that was Bloomingdale's in the 1970's and 1980's, said he liked the models.
But they were guests at a 75th birthday party for MARVIN S. TRAUB, the impresario of the retail theater that was Bloomingdale's for 13 years before, during and after the department store takeover wars of the 1980's.
Martin is also a real impresario.
Grace Mirabella, Vogue's editor in chief in the 1970s and '80s, anointed him "the Sol Hurok of retailing," a reference to the great impresario who brought the Bolshoi Ballet to America.
The clothes that Tommy Roberts sold under the label Mr Freedom were the radical origins of streetwear, but his true talent was as an impresario in the theatre of retail.
Sieff wasn't just a shopkeeper, a cigar-smoking impresario who took the family business to new peaks of retail victory.
The jazz impresario George Wein, chief executive of Festival Productions, and Bruce Gordon, president of retail markets for Verizon Communications, have announced a new festival of jazz and other music to be held in three cities, including New York.
Beats, founded by the hip-hop producer Dr. Dre and the music impresario Jimmy Iovine, has become the model for a branded electronics product, with retail prices up to $400 and constant promotion on "American Idol" by Mr. Iovine, a talent coach on the show.
