Sentences with phrase «apparel company for»

You may remember back in June when I posted about Swirlgear, the Chicago - based women's fitness apparel company for which I am an ambassador.
lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is a healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel company for yoga, running, training, and most other sweaty pursuits; creating transformational...
lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is a healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel company for yoga, running, training, and most other sweaty pursuits; creating transformational products and experiences which enable people to live a life they love.

Not exact matches

Among the investors that contributed to Wiivv's $ 3.5 million seed round in December was MAS Holdings, a Sri Lankan company that is one of the largest manufacturers of apparel and footwear for brands like Nike, Victoria Secret and Lululemon.
The filing comes almost two years after the company ousted founder Dov Charney, who is locked in a legal fight and sued American Apparel for defamation.
Since her father won last year's presidential election, the First Daughter's company has filed trademark requests with U.S. officials for branded lingerie, lounge wear and athletic apparel, Bloomberg reported this week.
While yoga was a passion of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, the company's website also emphasizes the use of its men's apparel for running, biking, and playing golf.
Founded in 1920 by Pacific Northwest outdoorsman Eddie Bauer, the eponymous company has nearly a century's worth of experience creating apparel for adventurers of all types.
Columbia Sportswear Company has assembled a portfolio of brands for active lives, making it a leader in the global active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment industry.
Nike (NKE) had another strong quarter — highlighted by strong demand for athletic apparel and growth in the company's e-commerce business — and the footwear giant is expected to report profit and sales that outpace Wall Street's expectations.
Prior to founding Stray Boots, the 29 - year - old Millman — who graduated from Princeton in 2005 with a history degree — handled distribution and logistics for a retail apparel company and managed sales for a startup beverage company.
As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS) are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.
That deal followed a coup for Under Armour (which is big supporter of CEO Kevin Plank's alma mater, the University of Maryland) when the company last year reached an apparel agreement with the University of Notre Dame — a deal that school said was the largest ever in college sports at the time.
When he's not pretending to be sneezed on, Holiday is the marketing strategist for American Apparel, the made - in - the - U.S.A. clothing company that has become better known for its racy ads and the sexual harassment lawsuits levied against CEO Dov Charney than its workaday T - shirts.
A spokeswoman for the company said it sources apparel, footwear, home goods and accessories in Cambodia.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with him, Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos, a customer service company that happens to be an ecommerce shoe and apparel retailer, based in Las Vegas.
Recent examples include Chick - fil - A for its stated company - wide stance on same sex marriage, BP for the oil catastrophe in the Gulf and American Apparel for using Hurricane Sandy to promote sales.
The next step for the apparel industry is customized fit, says Schmults: It will be common for consumers to use their computers or devices like Microsoft Kinect to scan their bodies, send the data to a clothing company and receive a tailored garment.
Heath and his cofounder Randy Goldberg were inspired by the apparel company Toms» «one - for - one» model, also popularized by the eyeglass maker Warby Parker, but began with the charitable component and moved on to a business next.
Beyond gyms, Mayweather has invested heavily in commercial real estate, opened a strip club in Las Vegas called Girl Collection, toyed with tech investing, founded his own promotions company, and launched The Money Team, which sells hats and apparel online (with hats selling for as much as $ 200).
For example, Urban Outfitters co-founder and CEO Richard Hayne recently announced his apparel company had acquired the Vetri pizza restaurant chain.
It's the sort of rapid gearshift that few companies ever experience, much less master: over the course of about five years, FouFou Dog (FFD), a Markham, Ont. - based dog apparel firm, has seen its revenue grow by more than 800 % — a steep growth trajectory matched by the company's shift from providing very specialized boutique goods, like jewelry and booties for small dogs, and to a far wider range of products suitable for mass merchandisers and large offshore customers.
Why it's revolutionary: Threadless is an apparel company that lets artists submit designs for t - shirts, housewares and more.
Sexual harassment has been an issue that the company dealt with for years, but it took the very public firing of its CEO for American Apparel to address the issue.
Dov Charney made American Apparel in his own eccentric image, but now the company faces a fight for financial survival.
The company went on to create a whole new market for performance apparel, IPO'd in 2005, and now sponsors some of the world's greatest athletes, including Jordan Spieth, Stephen Curry, and Lindsey Vonn.
Everlane, which launched in 2010, is an upscale fashion brand for hipsters (the company has been described as an online - only American Apparel) with downmarket prices.
April 6 - U.S. footwear and apparel company Nine West Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy on Friday and said it would sell its Nine West and Bandolino footwear and handbag business to Authentic Brands Group.
Apparel companies, for example, could one day create new products based on customers» purchasing history and design preferences.
Instead, Tompkins walked away, selling the company for $ 50,000 two years after he launched it to join Susie in running Esprit, a clothing company that (at the time) specialized in casual, moderately priced apparel for juniors.
Patagonia has always behaved as a maverick company, and its concern for sustainability has led it to pursue a new initiative: it's now actively encouraging consumers to buy less of Patagonia's new apparel.
For the 12 days leading up to Christmas, the company had retailers and brands including fitness tracking device maker Jawbone, apparel maker Uniqlo, and coffee chain Blue Bottle ship them inventory specifically for Postmates in five citiFor the 12 days leading up to Christmas, the company had retailers and brands including fitness tracking device maker Jawbone, apparel maker Uniqlo, and coffee chain Blue Bottle ship them inventory specifically for Postmates in five citifor Postmates in five cities.
While the Lakers did not win a third straight title, in 1993 the Chicago Bulls did, and his company collected royalties from sports apparel makers who licensed the phrase for use on merchandise.
The visibility of high - profile teams and players is a valuable marketing opportunity for apparel companies, even though NCAA players themselves can not be paid to endorse brands.
The athletic apparel retailer announced that it has acquired computer vision company Invertex, which makes software that scans a customer's body for product fittings.
The company's deep discount on gear and apparel also comes in handy to outfit employees for their activities.
I felt there was a niche for retail - quality promotional apparel where, for example, a company puts its branding on a T - shirt for an event.
The FMHR crew share their play on which athletic apparel company is best positioned to win the battle for sponsorships.
It took eight months and dozens of prototypes before Bayard Winthrop, CEO of online apparel company American Giant, settled on the design for the ultimate hooded sweatshirt.
But American Apparel's board also shouldn't dream for a second that simply having a new code is going to fix the company's problems, any more than simply removing Charney from the helm will do so.
In an interview with Fortune, Jay, who is essentially the company's marketing guru, was candid and occasionally critical about Uniqlo's performance, positioning and plans for world domination in the fast - fashion clothing and apparel industry.
Here's a look at some companies that are revolutionizing a key sector of the U.S. apparel business, from refining domestic manufacturing processes to enhancing the shopping experience for consumers.
The apparel company has reported yet another quarter of dismal results for both the parent company and its subsidiaries Banana Republic and Old Navy.
Inc.: Other apparel companies might do similar things for publicity, but with Joe Boxer there's always an edge.
This month Bolt will undertake a make - or - break challenge: expanding its lab - size process into a commercial - scale operation for three customers, including the apparel company Patagonia.
And you look across the landscape, there's a variety of areas where I think the company has, what I might call, the core infrastructure to enable them, whether it's live ticketing, for example, or even pharmaceuticals distributorship, apparel, other segments or categories within retail where the company could potentially take the next level and invest aggressively and disrupt the traditional players, which is what they do best.
For someone with no experience in retail, apparel or business, starting my own clothing company was a pretty bold move.
Lee, the popular apparel company known for selling denim jeans, is another good illustration.
For instance, Gap Inc purchased 28 percent of its apparel in China in fiscal 2013, according to Christopher Svezia, a senior vice president of research at investment services company Wedbush.
Charney was never charged or convicted for the sexual harassment claims brought against him, which included allegations from American Apparel board members that he kept kept graphic photographs of him having sex with staff members on company computers.
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