For those of you who may not have known, Lacoste started as a sports
apparel company founded by French tennis player René Lacoste nicknamed «the Crocodile.»
Our guinea pig, Bonobos, is
an apparel company founded a year ago by Brian Spaly and Andy Dunn, both Stanford M.B.A.'s.
Not exact matches
Roberto Torres, co-owner of the Black and Denim
Apparel Company, discusses their successfully funded Kickstarter Campaign, how they
found out about, and were awarded, several business grants, were featured in Entrepreneur magazine, and got their products in the Oscar, Grammy, and BET awards swag bags.
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.
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.
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).
My grandfather
founded what was, at its height from the 60's through the 80's, one of the largest
apparel companies in Canada.
Under Armour,
founded by Kevin Plank in 1996, recently overtook Adidas to become the second largest sportswear
company in the U.S. Plank told Inc. last year that he wanted to revolutionize the sports
apparel industry by creating clothing with health monitoring apps built right in.
Charney, who
founded American
Apparel 25 years ago, was initially replaced by interim CEO John Luttrell, who also served as the
company's chief financial officer.
Her rent - a-dress
company,
founded with Harvard Business School classmate Jenny Fleiss, enables customers to lease high - end
apparel at 10 % cost.
Their
findings set off an upheaval in the executive ranks of the world's largest sports footwear and
apparel company.
Women's
apparel retailer Chico's FAS
finds itself in the crosshairs of retail - focused activist investor Barington Capital, which is seeking two seats on the
Company's board.
For nearly 40 years, it has been a source for
companies to
find promotional services — from uniforms and corporate
apparel to branded merchandise and incentives to printed products, marketing collateral and specialty fulfillment.
For nearly 40 years, it has been a single source for
companies to
find promotional services — from uniforms and corporate
apparel to branded merchandise and incentives to printed products, marketing collateral and specialty fulfillment.
Christmas moved to San Francisco five years ago and
founded Encore Lacrosse, an
apparel and training
company that also runs lacrosse / service trips around the world.
Since its
founding, Onnit has become an Inc. 500
company and industry leader with over 250 products ranging from peak performance supplements to foods, fitness equipment, and
apparel.
More women's
apparel can be
found at Purple Moon and additional casual styles at Cannon Beach Clothing
Company and Ter Har's.
After leaving his day job as an
apparel designer at a small Oregon
company that makes shoes for people like Michael Jordan, Kamo
founded Rucksack Village, a
company that creates custom packs for people.
The Goldman prize was
founded by Richard Goldman, founder of Goldman Insurance Services, and his wife, Rhoda, a descendant of Levi Strauss who served on the board of directors of the
apparel company.
I am
finding it an easy read so far with great case studies and lessons learned from
companies such as Birkenstock, American
Apparel and New Leaf Paper.
Four years ago, when the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,100 employees, it was extremely difficult to
find out which
companies sourced their
apparel from that specific factory — a building that employees knew was unsafe.
«Publishing supply chain information builds the trust of workers, consumers, labor advocates, and investors, and sends a strong message that the
apparel company does not fear being held accountable when labor rights abuses are
found in its supply chain.
In Bradenton you can
find the headquarters for Champs Sports, a nationwide sports
apparel company.