Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> February 22, 1999

Specialty Retail – Softlines : Eliot S. Laurence – J.c. Bradford & Co

ELIOT S. LAURENCE is a Senior Vice President of Jefferies & Co., Inc. He has 15 years of previous experience in the securities industry, primarily focused on apparel retailing, at J.C. Bradford & Co., Brooks, Montague & Associates and Wessels, Arnold & Henderson. Mr. Laurence received both a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance from New York University. Profile
TWST: What are the categories and the companies you cover as softline

specialty retailers?

Mr. Laurence: I keep an eye on almost every company in the segment. We

have a universe of 42