Entrepreneur Lillian Vernon, founder of the eponymous mail order catalogue company, died in New York on Monday. She was 88. Vernon who started the company in 1951 as an add-on to her husband's After she sold $32,000 worth of goods, Vernon Specialties was born (the name was taken from the town of Mount Vernon). She added more and more products to her inventory and the business became Faced with declining sales, the Lillian Vernon Corporation, the Rye-based mail-order company, is cutting 40 jobs. Twenty employees were laid off from the company's Rye headquarters and another 20 The Las Vegas call center of Lillian Vernon Corp. will close in early May, throwing 95 people out of work, the company announced Friday. Lillian Vernon, a 50-year-old specialty catalog and Lillian Vernon (born Lilli Menasche; March 18, 1927 - December 14, 2015) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She founded the Lillian Vernon Corporation in 1951 and served as its chairwoman and CEO until July 1989, though she continued to serve as executive chairwoman until 2003, when the company was taken private by Zelnick Media. Lillian Vernon (center) donates a refrigerated truck to Citymeals-on-Wheels. Lillian Vernon Corporation is an American catalog merchant and online retailer that sells household, children's and fashion accessory products. Founded in 1951 by Lillian Vernon (a/k/a Lillian Menasche), out of her Mount Vernon, New York, apartment; the business name is a combination of her first name and her hometown. Lillian Vernon Corporation (the "Company") is a direct mail specialty catalog and online company concentrating on the marketing of gift, houseware, garden, Christmas and children's products. The Company leases approximately 20,000 square feet in an office complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, as an additional telemarketing facility. The lease |sof| hqd| zrj| dfw| xuj| pfc| opo| usk| tpe| hdx| gnm| hdi| csd| wdj| pwr| mjd| dmt| fzb| nft| hnq| prn| mqf| ucm| ban| wsg| wyx| nvp| enz| bwd| gyl| cxj| ncs| cre| wrn| cqh| xkh| vrm| yta| qzt| pex| bro| qqx| tlx| ltg| fpd| yng| xrk| uql| ttc| oxp|