Senior Vice President J. Stephen Stockum promoted to Principal.

EI is pleased to announce that Steve Stockum has been promoted to the position of Principal. Dr. Stockum, who joined EI in 2004, specializes in antitrust analysis, and has been an expert witness on cases involving mergers, monopolization, damages, and false advertising. While at EI, Steve has been successful at gaining approval from the antitrust agencies for a number of mergers, several of which were between competing retailers and between competing producers of retail products. Prior to coming to EI, Steve was an economic advisor at the Federal Trade Commission and a partner at Glassman-Oliver Economic Consultants.