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Article: WET SEAL CEO SEARCH NARROWS.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- May 28, 2003
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NEW YORK -- The Wet Seal is honing in on a new chief executive officer, with Peter Whitford the top candidate, according to a source. Whitford last week resigned as president of The Disney Store chain, which is downsizing and looking to sell off its sites. Both retailers are based in California, with Wet Seal in Foothill Ranch and Disney in Anaheim.
Whitford would succeed Kathy Bronstein, who was forced out in February as Wet Seal's vice chairman and ceo. She catapulted Wet Seal into one of America's hottest specialty chains in the Nineties, largely by taking over other chains and connecting with America's contemporary youth market. It became a standout ...