Harris brought in exclusive product line agreements and newer toys to supplement traditional sales, and relocated the flagship Manhattan store.
Harris employed the entertainment retail strategy there, where photographers would wear spin hats and children could play with a giant camera.
[citation needed] In July 2000, John York, the new owner-representative of the San Francisco 49ers, hired Harris to replace Carmen Policy as president and chief executive officer.
[citation needed] In 2004 Harris was named the CEO of NASDAQ-listed boating lifestyle company West Marine in Watsonville, California, with more than 400 stores and 4,000 employees.
Harris took on a full-time advisory and operating role as a Senior Managing Partner at crisis management firm Eaglepoint Advisors, before joining private equity firm TPG Growth as a Senior Advisor responsible for Human Capital.