INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIO
IVEST Consumer Partners investments include the following companies.
OPERATING
TRACK RECORD
Decades of Value Creation

TARGET INC.
Re-invention and successfully competing with Walmart
Doubled the Store count of Target Inc.
Created the diffusion brand strategy that made Target unique
ROSES

Turnaround and salvation of bankrupt Roses Dept Stores
1.8 bil in rev, turned it around and sold it paid off creditors in 24 months
WARNER BROS
Operating Profit CAGR over 7 years 27% aggregate operating profit growth 400%
George and team discovered JK Rowlings and signed the first licensing deal for Harry Potter.
Grew Warner Bros Worldwide Licensing to second largest licensing company in the world 23 countries 7billion
in annual sales
SAKS DEPT STORE GROUP
Turned around 6 challenged dept store divisions and sold them for 2 BILLION and doubled the market cap of stand alone Sak's Fifth Ave.

BORDERS BOOKS
Reduced debt by 40%, increased cash flow by over $120million annually
Reclaimed e-commerce business from Amazon brought it in-house
Created Borders Rewards Loyalty program
Created new store prototype

Credit Suisse Equity Research
George Jones, candidate for CEO of the Year
EMMY AWARD
George Jones Produces Emmy Award TV Show
Last Shot with Judge Gunn is an American reality-based nontraditional court show that debuted in syndication on September 26, 2011. The series is presented by Mary Ann Gunn and distributed by Trifecta Entertainment, with Peter Brennan, Matt Battaglia, and George Jones serving as executive producers on this series
Grammy Foundation
George Jones, will now be the GRAMMY Foundation's Chair Emeritus
The GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture — from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals.
HARVARD
CASE STUDY
Download the Harvard Case Study
On how IVEST Consumer Partner members George Jones and Ken Armstrong turned around and transformed the Parisian Stores division during their tenure at Saks Department Store Group
EXCERPT
In 2005, George Jones had two jobs: he was head of Saks Inc.'s 41-store Parisian department store chain as well as President and CEO of the Saks Department Store Group (SDSG), an umbrella for seven chains with a total of 182 stores across the United States. In 2003 Jones had taken over direct management of the faltering Birmingham, Alabama-based Parisian, which operated moderate to upscale department stores in the southeastern United States. By mid-2005, he had succeeded in turning the business around. "Between Q2 2003 and Q2 2005, we registered eight successive growth quarters all the while reducing expenses. We had a dramatic impact on almost all of our stores and registered 20% to 40% sales growth in many of our stores. Turns were up nearly 20% and profitability improved over 90%." --George Jones
Subjects Covered
Growth strategy, Marketing, Profitability, Turnarounds