Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> August 19, 2002
OZARSLAN TANGUN, CFA, is Senior VP, Director of Research for SWS
Securities. He has been covering the retail industry for over 10
years. Mr. Tangun was Associate Director of Research from 1997
and has been Director of Research since 1999. He received his MBA
from the University of Iowa and worked as an analyst/portfolio
manager for the university's endowment fund. He has a BS in
Industrial Engineering from Instanbul Technical University. Mr.
Tangun had worked as a research analyst in Europe before coming
to the US. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he has been widely
quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily,
BusinessWeek, Forbes, and Barron's. Profile
your coverage universe?
Mr. Tangun: We cover two primary groups: home furnishings/gifts
and apparel. In the home furnishing group
