Clothing/Apparel Expert Witnesses

Rancho Mirage, California

Business Operations, Clothing/Apparel - Retail Operations, Stores, Merchandising, Retail Management, Retail Store Safety, Retail Operating Policy, Slips, Falls, Grocery, Retail Displays, Retail Property, Merchandise Packaging

Gary White is the CEO of GW Retail Consulting, a retail expert service that advises industry interested clients. He is also formerly the Chief Executive Officer of United Retail Group, Inc. and the Executive Vice President and COO of national retailer, Wet Seal, Inc. Gary has extensive experience in the retail business including five years at the Gymboree Corporation, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board, 2 years as the head of Savers Thrift Inc., and a 20-year career with Dayton Hudson, now Target Corporation, which owns Target and formerly Mervyn’s stores. He has also previously served on the boards of the March of Dimes and K.I.D.S. (Kids in Distressed Situations) and is an alumnus of the Henry Crown Fellowship program at the Aspen Institute. Always a forward-thinker ready to take on new and interesting leadership roles, much of Gary’s professional passion has and continues to be found in applying his unique retail expertise to business modal...

LOS ANGELES, California

Clothing/Apparel, Manufacturing - Textile Knits Woven, Printing Dyeing Knitting, Curing Washing Finishing, Cutting and Sewing, Digital Printing, Sublimation Pigment Reactive, Inspections, Defects Disputes Chargeback, Design Pattern Development, Color Separation Engravings, Flat Screen Rotary Screen, Copyrights Modifications Licensing

Strategic Technical Analysis for Textile & Apparel Litigation: With over 25 years of hands-on experience in textile mills and garment manufacturing, I provide technical expert testimony and forensic consulting for complex disputes involving product valuation, production failures, intellectual property, and supply chain logistics. Core Areas of Expertise: • Production & Manufacturing: Expert analysis of knitting, dyeing, printing, and cutting/sewing operations. Specialized in determining "party at fault" in multi-vendor factory disputes. • Product Defects & Quality: Technical evaluation of patent and latent defects, conformity of goods, and time limitation on claims for non-conforming goods. • Valuation & Financials: Forensic analysis of inventory aging, seasonality impact, working loss, devaluation based on production stages, and factoring agreements. • Intellectual Property & Ownership: Comprehensive knowledge of copyright registration, infringement, licensing, and transfer of ow...