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Milton Waldoff was born in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi and is an entrepreneur
specializing in retail "Crisis
Management, Turnarounds and
Liquidations".
After attending University of Alabama and Serving in the Army he
began his career working for the family business 1956. Under
Milton
Waldoff's leadership and guidance Waldoff's expanded 3,600 sf (square
footage) downtown store in a period of six years to 10,000 sf
and opened the first ‘traditional shop’ for
men and women in the state
of Mississippi, Milton’s, Ltd. In 1972 Waldoff’s opened 12,000 sf store in
at Edgewater Mall Biloxi, MS and by 1974 had opened a new larger
store
16,000 sf (square footage) at the Cloverleaf Mall in Hattiesburg.
During
the five years that followed Waldoff's bought the
stores adjacent on the west side of the store and expanded to 20,000 sf of selling
space. Finally in 1989 they moved from their fabulously successful
store to a
60,000 sf anchor store in Cloverleaf with 50,000 sf of selling space.
He is a luminary in his
community and has
participated in
state, regional and international leadership roles for several
decades. Mr. Waldoff was active in
numerous associations throughout his career, some of which include National Retail
Merchants Association (now the National
Retail Federation) and The Retail Advertising and Marketing
Association International.
During
his extensive career Mr. Waldoff has received numerous business
honors and awards for his work in retail management,
marketing and advertising,
These
include Hattiesburg, Mississippi Man of the Year, The Governors's
Economic Excellence Award, Mississippi Retailer of the Year, M.
Seklemain National Merit Award, and America's Brand Name Retailer of
the Year.
He has served as president, chairman and on the executive committees of several civic organizations, charities and religious
associations that include The Hattiesburg Area
Chamber of Commerce, The United Way, Boy
Scouts of America and The American Red Cross (regional and
national).
Currently
Mr. Waldoff travels the US assisting retail businesses during these
volatile economic times. With his extensive knowledge of the
retail
industry he is currently in high demand for his assessment and guidance
through a variety of retail crisis situations.
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