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Applause Inc. said it named financial consultant...

Applause Inc. said it named financial consultant Melvin Gagerman chairman of the Woodland Hills-based gift wholesaler.

The post is a new position, Applause said.

Gagerman had previously been chairman of Melvin Gagerman & Associates, a Beverly Hills strategic-planning firm for companies and wealthy individuals. In that role, Gagerman was a financial adviser to Trefoil Capital Partners L. P., a Burbank partnership controlled by Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold. Disney and Gold are major investors in Applause.

Applause supplies retailers with licensed merchandise, including, among other things, products based on Disney and Sesame Street characters.

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