Tom Ott, award-winning merchant provides a state of the union on the fashion retail sector

For a quarter century, Tom Ott held senior roles at iconic New York department store group Saks Fifth Avenue, including Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of men’s, gifts, home and concessions, followed by Chief Merchant at Saks’ Off 5th, the company’s 130-store strong off-price division. Since leaving Saks in 2019, he has started his own consulting firm and founded RetailCzar.com.  In this episode with Derek Fox, Style.me Head of Sales, Tom provides an evaluation of 2020, where the fashion trends and styles are heading, the role for brick&mortar stores and some predictions on the development of the fashion retail sector. A great episode to round up 2020. A real state of the union.