Walter Loeb, regarded industrywide as the “dean” of retail analysts and consultants, passed away peaceably Wednesday night at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Loeb was 100.

A funeral service will be held Monday at the Central Synagogue, 123 East 55th Street, at 11:30 a.m. It will be livestreamed.

A statement from the family provided to WWD said: “Walter lived a remarkable life and was an inspiration to so many people. He achieved incredible career success despite experiencing so much adversity. But the main word that comes to mind when we think of him is family — his love for his wife of 68 years was limitless, and he was the larger than life patriarch of the entire extended family.”

The always jovial Loeb made a career out of calling it right and frequently calling it ahea

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