Retailers of all merchandise categories and classifications,

Developers/Landlords of retail shopping complexes,

Derive from accomplishments of its president whose department store career grew at the nation’s leading retail companies: R.H. Macy & Co., Lord & Taylor (New York), Federated Department Stores, Inc. (Milwaukee Boston Store), Thalhimers (Richmond, VA), president/ceo of Gimbels-Pittsburgh and Richards Department Stores (Miami, FL).

Herbert Alan Leeds, president of LBC, has served as a director on the boards of Gimbel Bros. Inc., parent of Gimbels and Saks Fifth Avenue, and Thalhimers. He has also served as a director on boards of other NYSE, Amex, and Nasdaq listed client companies, and a major bank. He was on the Board and Executive Committee of The Allegheny County Industrial Development Corp. and the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Economy League – Western Division. He was also vice-chairman of Caswell-Massey Co., Ltd., the esteemed, heritage personal care products and pharmacy business during its great identity years. In 1973 the Pennsylvania Retailers Associations named him Retailer of The Year. For more than 20 years he actively served on the Board Of Visitors of the Katz Graduate School Of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and is currently an Emeritus member.

Effective Business Solutions through Entrepreneurial Strategies:

Professional, industrial, institutional, educational, cultural and governmental associations and activities, have drawn upon Herbert Alan Leeds and LBC participation in leadership roles throughout his career, earning distinctions and awards for his contributions.

LBC Project Associates are qualified retail careerists whose knowledgable experience and successful accomplishments contribute to the quality of analysis, competence and clarity of study reports, and implementational input in assigned projects.

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
National Retail Federation
Urban Land Institute
International Council of Shopping Centers (1975 – 2001)