Ray Wimer
Assistant Professor of Retail Practice
315-443-2740
Room: 635
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Ph D, Syracuse University (Concentration: American History)
MS, Syracuse University (Secondary Education)
MS, Syracuse University (Early American History)
Research Topics
- Retail of books and music.
Professor Wimer's teaching interests include Personal Selling, Perspectives on Business and Management, and Retail.
Awards and Honors
- Oberwager Award - Whitman (2018)
- Meredith Teaching Recognition - Syracuse University (2015)
- Oberwager Award - Whitman (2015)
- Oberwager Award - Whitman (2014)
- Dean's Award - Entrepreneurship Program (2012)
- Voted Professor of the Year (2012)
Media Placements
Forever 21: Too Many Stores and Debt, Too Few Customers , New York Ag Connection 10.4.19
Crossgates store on list of likely Forever 21 closings , Albany Times Union 10.4.19
Crossgates store on list of likely Forever 21 closings , MySanAntonio.com 10.3.19
HAT HAPPENED TO FOREVER 21? 3 MISSTEPS THAT LED TO THE RETAILER'S DOWNFALL , Daily Heralds 10.1.19
What Happened To Forever 21? 3 Missteps That Led To The Retailer’s Downfall , Magellan News 10.1.19
What Happened to Forever 21? 3 Missteps That Led to the Retailer’s Downfall , Footwear News 9.30.19
Barney's Seeking the Magic Number , WWD 9.17.19
Clothes are Canceled , Vice 6.13.19
Kmart -- Not Sears -- Has The Better Chance Of Surviving , Forbes 2.15.19
A leaner Sears emerges from bankruptcy , The Gazette 2.15.19
A leaner Sears emerges from bankruptcy, but can it survive? , Chicago Tribune 2.14.19
What’s ahead for struggling Sears? , Journal Inquirer 2.13.19
Coverage: What’s next for Sears under Lampert? , Talking Biz News 2.11.19
How Can Sears Stay Viable in the Long Run? , Footwear News 2.9.19
Billionaire Eddie Lampert saves Sears for now—but will it last? , Fox Business 2.8.19
Bed-in-a-Box Brand Casper Wants You to Have FOMO—About Sleeping , AdWeek 2.5.19
A Sears liquidation could create some winners and over 100,000 losers , msn.com 1.8.19
Does your neighborhood have a Dollar General? It might soon , Scranton Times Tribune/Citizens Voice 11.18.18
An Amazon headquarters in New York could benefit students , Daily Orange 11.13.18
With Toys R Us gone, retailers vie to fill a toy vacuum , Albany Times Union 10.29.18
Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to close 142 more stores , News Leader 10.15.18
A Sears liquidation could create some winners and over 100,000 losers , MarketWatch 10.11.18
What could save dying retailers? Keeping it cheap , Journal News 10.11.18
Empty shelves, poor customer service speed Sears' demise , Reuters 10.11.18
Here are 5 things Sears got wrong that sped its fall , CNBC 10.11.18
Most back-to-school shoppers shifting spend back to stores , Retail Dive 8.17.18
Parents Shifting More of Their Back-to-School Shopping to Physical Stores , Morning Consult 8.14.18
The struggle is real: Vermont parents say Toys R Us to leave retail void , Burlington Free Press 3.22.18
What Toys 'R' Us closing means for shoppers , CNN Money 3.15.18
Toymakers have less play with Toys R Us gone , USA Today 3.15.18
Retail's Bankruptcy Pandemic May Have Peaked, But It's Not Over Yet , Forbes 3.14.18
Should you sail into Columbus Day sales? , USA Today 10.1.17