Joseph J. Thomas, a trailblazing retail executive, has died at the age of 85 at NYU Langone Hospital. His funeral was held on Tuesday.
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Mr. Thomas worked for Bloomingdale’s for 43 years. He was a buyer, before rising to become the store’s operating vice president for diversity and community service. He supported the careers of numerous Black professionals at Bloomingdale’s, in the industry at large and as a board member and president of the Black Retail Action Group , the oldest active retail and fashion organization devoted to Black, Indigenous, People of Color equity and inclusion
Born April 26, 1938 in Opelousas, Louisiana, Mr. Thomas served in the Army before joining Bloomingdale’s in 1965 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
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