Beth began her career in retail at Lord & Taylor, working her way up through the ranks in store management and buying, achieving sales growth and successful financial results as a buyer.
Her career at Ann Taylor, began as General Manager of the New York Flagship Store, she then moved into the corporate office to take charge of the new store development program; holding several operational rolls including DVP of Operations and Expansion for Stores. During this time she built the Store Operations Team, redefined operational processes, developed the New Store Implementation Team and process that launched the expansion of over 250 Ann Taylor Stores adding over 1,400,000 sq. ft. of retail.
During her time at United Retail, Inc. (Avenue) she greatly expanded her experience. She played a key role in completing the vertical integration of the Avenue brand by branding the diverse store fleet and managing store real estate expansion through the successful opening, relocation, and renovation of over 300 store locations, representing over 1,500,000 sq.ft.. She was also responsible for managing the store operations of the 500 plus store chain, while developing initiatives to drive store sales, increase efficiency, improve quality controls, reduce expenses, improve the customer experience and increase KPI results and profit.
In 2009, Beth decided to draw upon her past experience and began to consult for other companies in the industry, including; Warnaco, Kid Brands, Little Miss Matched, Deckers, Tempur-Pedic, Alice & Olivia, Tupperware, Muse Paint Bar, Dash Design and Sky IT. The focus of her consulting work both through The Grayson Company and directly has been retail and wholesale operations; technology support, process and best practice development to support a superior and engaging omni-channel customer brand experience, establishing initiatives to drive a successful “act vertical” retail platform across wholesale and retail divisions globally and New Store Development.
Beth’s most recent roles were at Hudson’s Bay Company (Saks Fifth Avenue/Saks Off Fifth/Lord & Taylor) as Director of Real Estate & Store Planning and Director of Corporate Office Workplace Operations.