Deborah Shamaley, a chain store and apparel-jobbing entrepreneur, has 20 years of retail and wholesale apparel experience. Ms. Shamaley co-founded The Apparel Group (TAG). TAG imported and sold women's apparel wholesale to more than 1,800 retailers, including Nordstrom's, J.C. Penney's, Sears, and Burlington Coat Factory. TAG also owned and operated a 23 apparel store-chain under the name $11.99 Puff. Ms. Shamaley sold the company in 1996. Currently, Ms. Shamaley is an active franchise partner of a full service 25 location Italian Restaurant Chain called Johnny Carino�s Country Italian. Since 1995, Ms. Shamaley has also been involved as an owner in Shamaley Ford car dealership one of the largest in El Paso, Texas. |