Changing the Conversation

Legends N Leaders: Marcy Syms, Building the first truly Off-Price retailer!

Marcy’s family ushered in a new way to shop in America, Off-Price, with the Syms Corp stores, which became a great success nationwide. Due to her remarkable leadership abilities, Marcy became the youngest female President of a NYSE-listed company!

She consistently held herself and the company to excellent standards of respect for not only the consumers but the employees. This lead an incredibly positive reputation industry wide and she has now authored a book called Leading With Respect that breaks down many of the lessons. So you can apply them to your business!

Today, Marcy has spent her time working on the generous grants the Sy Syms Foundation has awarded and serves on multiple boards helping to bring about change. Her father, Sy Syms, has a business school in New York that was named after him for his generosity, that has produced countless business leaders of today.

Her book: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Respect-Boardroom-Marcy-Syms/dp/0806544813


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