 He retired as Chairman Emeritus in 1975, turning over the store to his son, Richard C. Marcus.Despite retiring officially from the company, Marcus continued to be closely involved as an advisor even through the final weeks of his life.He established a sideline as a retailing consultant, maintaining regular business hours in his offices at Crescent Court for more than a decade and offering advice locally to luxury car dealership Sewell Corporation and hotelier Rosewood Corporation as well as internationally to such businessmen as Mohamed Al-Fayed of Harrods.