Underdog. Patriarch. Entrepreneur. Mensch. Born Oct. 24, 1931, in Montreal; died April 6, 2019, in Delray Beach, Fla., from the effects of muscular neuropathy disease, aged 87
When Ann and Yitzchak Prosterman emigrated from Ukraine in 1917 and signed citizen papers in Canada, they forgot to cross the T. So, their son Martin, born in Montreal, became the first Prosserman. When Martin was one, the family moved to Toronto looking for work. It was the Depression, so he grew up barefoot and hungry on Augusta Avenue.
Martin opened his first clothing store when he was 19, Vêtement Morris, in Montreal on rue Sainte-Catherine. He believed you only have one chance to make a first impression. So, he wore a suit every day. Manufacturers said he was an honest kid, so they gave him inventory to sell. He ran that store for 10 years, and eventually, with a new partner, started a discount manufacturing company Golden Brand Clothing.
He had a dream of building a vertically integrated company that made and sold garments. In 1976, he bought a factory in Montreal. Then, in 1980, Martin started the Canadian company that put him on the map: Moore’s the Suit People. When Moores had 20 stores, Martin liked to talk about how Sears asked him not to open any more. Martin didn’t think failure, he always transformed his misfortune into good fortune. Within two years, he had 45. In 1999, at 67 years old, with 98 stores, over 2,000 employees and over 20 per cent Canadian market share, Martin sold the business.
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