Christian Buss joined Credit Suisse in 2011 as the US Research Analyst on Apparel, Footwear & Softlines. Mr. Buss has been in equity research since 1999, most recently at ThinkEquity where he covered a range of retail names, and before that at Thomas Weisel where he covered the Hardlines Retail and Automotive group. He has a BA in Economics from Reed College, OR, and an MA from UC Berkeley.