Movers: Jan. 12, 2001
Mark S. Askanas has been named general counsel and senior vice president for human resources at Newark, Calif.-based Ross Stores Inc.; he most recently served as a partner at Jackson, Lewis Schnitzler & Kurpman, a San Francisco law firm...William Estill has been named vice president of planning and allocation for Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., the Anaheim, Calif.-based specialty retailer that operates 462 PacSun stores, 47 PacSun outlet stores and 80 d.e.m.o. stores...Howard Socol has been named president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Barneys New York Inc.; the veteran retailer is the former chairman and CEO of Burdines Department Stores, a division of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Federated Department Stores, and the former CEO of New York City-based J. Crew Group Inc.; Barneys operates flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills and Chicago, as well as five regional full-price stores and 10 outlet stores...Jay Margolis has been named president of the Specialty Business Group of Canton, Mass.-based Reebok International Ltd.; he will be responsible for managing three of its four principal operating groups; they are the Greg Norman Collection, Ralph Lauren Footwear and Rockport Company; the Reebok brand itself remains under separate management...Raymond Attanasio has been named senior vice president, general merchandise manager for men’s and boys’ at Abercrombie & Fitch, the Reynoldsburg, Ohio-based casual-apparel retailer that operates approximately 350 stores...Shashi Batra has been named senior vice president, merchandising for San Francisco-based Sephora Americas Asia Pacific and Sephora.com, fragrance and cosmetics units of Paris-based LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton...Edie Clark has been named director of media relations for the Arlington, Va.-based International Mass Retail Association.
