CALIFORNIA : PEOPLE IN BUSINESS : Tarrant Apparel Group Names Retail Consultant as Chief Financial Officer

Tarrant Apparel Group has appointed Scott Briskie chief financial officer, succeeding Mark Kristof, who will step down from the board of directors and continue to work with the company as a consultant. Briskie was most recently a consultant for such retailers as Limited, Lerner New York and Henri Bendel. In July, Tarrant Apparel, a Los Angeles-based maker of women’s casual clothing, lowered its earnings estimate for the year and revised downward by 13% its expected annual sales, to $415 million.

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