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...Edward Brennan went to work for Sears, Roebuck in 1956 as a salesman in the men's clothing department of the Madison, Wis., store. But he was not the kind of per son who would spend much time amid shirts and socks. Last week Brennan became Sears' president, chief operating officer and heir apparent to Chairman Edward R. Telling, 65, who is due to retire in December 1985. As head of the large merchandising group for the past four years, Brennan, 50, developed the successful strategy for sprucing up Sears' stodgy image by introducing new store designs...
...Sears buyer, Brennan was the youngest of three contenders for the job of president. That had been expected to be a handicap at sometimes conservative Sears, but two towering figures in Sears' history, Julius Rosenwald and General Robert Wood, were younger than Brennan when they took over. To help celebrate the occasion, Telling ordered out for a no-frills Sears executive lunch. The menu: pepperoni-and-sausage pizza...
...they are changing. It is a vast constituency that Sears kneads, reads, tries to listen to, examines, interprets. Through one of the largest systems of IBM computers outside the U.S. Government, the company keeps track of what is.being bought and where. Each morning just after 7, Merchandise's Brennan enters his office and calls up a display on his computer terminal that can tell him the dollar volume of all Sears stores the previous day. He can also look at sales figures by region, specific store or product line...
...care and feeding of Sears' suppliers is an art. This year 80 of the best suppliers received awards at the company's annual "Partners in Progress" dinner, presided over by Merchandising Boss Brennan. The winners of trophies and crystal prisms are not just big companies. This year Gear, Inc., of New York City, with Sears just since 1983, was praised for the stylish looks of its country-furniture designs, now on display in half of Sears stores. Gear earned design royalties in 1983 on the $500 million of its creations sold by Sears and other stores...
Telling is scheduled to retire at the end of 1985. The front runners for the top spot appear to be Edward Brennan, 50, chief of merchandising; Donald Craib, 59, head of the Allstate insurance group; and Richard Jones, 57, Sears vice chairman. Whoever gets the job will have a tough time filling Mr. T.'s size 13A shoes...