WHEN A WOMAN SELLS A MAN; FRANCES PRESTON IS THE TOP PERFORMER AT SULKA'S NEWEST BRANCH IN A LOCATION TO DIE FOR.(Statistical Data Included)

Daily News Record, November, 1999 by Gellers, Stan

Madison Avenue between 68th and 69th streets! What a piece of real estate for the new Sulka branch and what a location for Frances Preston, the store's top scorer who writes a cool $2,000 to $5,000 ticket at a clip.

The 30-something New Orleans native originally earned her stripes during her four years in the Alan Flusser Shop at Saks Fifth Avenue, where she admits, "I actually learned to sell on the job." With the help, of course, of such professionals as the designer and the store's two master tailors.

Talking with Preston at the handsome Sulka store on Madison, she smiles easily and speaks knowingly about the casual clothes and ready-to-wear and custom suits she sells. It's obvious she loves fashion and her job. Her typical on-the-job outfit might...

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