Sentences with phrase «of apparel chain»

Increasingly, the supermarket chain found itself in direct competition with Walmart, so it approached Joe Mimran, previously the founder of apparel chain Club Monaco, about a new line of clothing.

Not exact matches

You're looking at one, tiny piece of jeans giant Levi Strauss's (Change the World 2017 list, No. 11) ambitious experiment to improve the lives of the 25 million men and women in the world's apparel supply chain — and better its business results in the process.

There were some green shoots at the end of 2018, with signs showing apparel sales stabilizing at chains like The Gap and Abercrombie.

But Sheng Lu, assistant professor of fashion and apparel studies at the University of Delaware, said «made in China» products were not losing their price competitiveness because of the overall supply chain efficiency.

No one has a better understanding of this than American Apparel CEO Dov Charney who was quoted in The Village Voice lamenting the death of the fad his retail chain championed, if not started.

When she visited Montreal in May 2013, the seasoned apparel executive admitted that the Dutch chain was in poor health, having failed to keep up with the style and trends of the times or to become a unique and distinct brand.

Essentially, when there are too many locations of a certain type of business — whether it be fast - food or apparel — it's difficult for any chain to thrive.

Marvin Gralnick, the founder of the company, really believed in Pazo, a new hip, low - cost apparel chain, even though it was losing money.

«We are applying our design and creativity to the supply chain — not just the product,» said Allen, who is using robots to manufacture clothing, thus addressing the waste and human - rights concerns raised by critics of the apparel industry.

This photo illustration shows a man browsing the website of US clothing chain American Apparel on May 15, 2013 in Stockholm.

Whether you decide to specialize in high - end fashion or sporty casual merchandise, never lose sight of what sets you apart from Target, Sears and all the other apparel chain stores.

By fiscal 2017, the apparel chain bought 22 percent of its merchandise in China and 25 percent in Vietnam, he said.

Hagen most recently served as the Vice President of Human Resources at ANN INC., an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, where she led the human resources and talent practices for LOFT, and the e-commerce division.

As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity - sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment in palm oil and seafood sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies in the electronics, apparel, and extractives sectors.

By 1991, he changed the name of his father's company Ogori Shoji to Fast Retailing, reflecting the apparel chain's expansion strategy.

It was a good news, bad news type of earnings report for apparel and accessories department store chain Nordstrom, according to recent...

Ma also met with a group of British business leaders traveling with Cameron's trade delegation, among them Peter Williams, founder of Jack Wills, the British retail apparel chain, Julie Deane, managing director of Cambridge Satchel Co., and Ning Li, CEO of London - based furniture retailer MADE.

John Urban co-founded and was President of GT Nexus, the leading cloud platform for global supply chain across retail, apparel, automotive, chemicals, pharma, consumer electronics, and logistics service providers verticals.

It's ironic, but because of cheap fabrication and construction, apparel from those chains tend to often require hand washing (which is so obnoxious); although with proper care even items that cost $ 9.99 from Forever 21 can keep for a long time!

These days» waist and strap belts are so in the trend that every another clothing line has launched a series of apparels carrying belts in different designs; these include printed belts, metallic, jewellery straps, knotted belts, chain, braided and flip lock waist belts.

The apparel retailer has been working to leverage the ongoing success of Old Navy into gains at its other chains, most notably a flagship Gap brand that has stumbled with fashion misses and deep discounts.

«The obvious first step in the apparel industry is designing and development tools, and we are working with a lot of brands and a lot of supply chain companies behind the scene on this,» said Ari Bloom, CEO of Avametric, a San Francisco - based startup working in VR / AR.

The group owns a fully integrated value chain with operations spanning across raw materials cultivation, textiles processing, and design and sale of brands and apparel.

Halima Riding Boot, Lauren by Ralph Lauren, originally $ 198 Tangerine Flicker Dress, Anthropologie, $ 358 Deux Lux Snake Chain Crossbody Bag, Urban Outfitters, $ 49 Jezebel Bronze Butterfly Necklace, CatBird, $ 220 (fifty percent of proceeds go to charity) Poly Canvas Bow Hair Clip, American Apparel, $ 14

What makes the under - valuation of Barnes & Noble all the more shocking is that, as opposed to the numerous other national apparel, footwear, grocery, and home furnishing chains abounding in this country, there is but one truly national bookstore chain.

Corrigan has 20 years of human - apparel experience with several manufacturers, as well as a major national retail chain.

While the event as a whole is not solely dedicated to green fashion topics, it is nice to see its inclusion at a mainstream fashion event; the forum taps 30 top designers, apparel manufacturing insiders, head buyers of retail chains, editors, and more to offer guidance to those looking to get ahead in the «glamorous and competitive» industry of fashion; it will, according to the press release, «expose the birth of trends, the building of careers, and the tricks of marketing and networking.»

«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.

Ms. Aman represents clients across a wide variety of industries, including mortgage lending and banking, national restaurant chains, retail, apparel, beauty, manufacturing, artificial turf and real estate.

One attorney served as chairman of a regional television network; and is former chairman of Orange State Life Insurance Company, Western Travelers Life Insurance Company, and David Fredric's, Inc., a regional apparel chain that comprised more than fifty stores.

Newport Beach, Calif. - based specialty apparel chain Pacific Sunwear announced plans to increase its store base by 75 units in 2003, including at least 10 of the retailer's new d.e.m.o. stores.

The Fort Myers, Fla. - based specialty apparel chain reported a total sales gain of 42 % to $ 46.5 million and a 15 % gain in comp store sales for the period ending July 6,2002.

The Fort Myers, Fla. - based specialty apparel chain reported a total sales gain of 42 % to $ 46.5 million and a 15 % gain in comp...

Restaurant operators, discount department store chains, children's apparel retailers and gift sellers accounted for a significant portion of additional planned openings.

For retail landlords, apparel and department - store closures have so far been offset by the store growth of other kinds of chains such as dollar stores and off - price retailers, which have kept vacancy rates low.

(Bloomberg)-- Shares of Urban Outfitters Inc. and Express Inc. fell on Wednesday after the apparel chains gave a dour outlook for the industry, renewing concerns about America's overabundance of retail stores...

Apparel chains haven't always been in the spotlight of regional mall line - ups.

Simon Property Group and General Growth Properties joined a consortium of other retail industry players to place a winning bid for the assets of bankrupt teen apparel chain A...

The chains with the highest number of announced store closings, for example, include apparel retailer Rue 21 and shoe seller Payless Inc., each with 400 closings apiece.

Private equity players have been investing in retail chains of late, including recent acquisitions of BJ's Wholesale Club, kitchenware seller Sur La Table and apparel retailer Talbots.

With 4,179 stores around the world, Gap is the biggest U.S. apparel chain and has been the mainstay of malls from coast to coast.

Indeed, women's apparel retailer Bebe re-emerged as an online entity after closing down its entire chain of brick - and - mortar stores.

But there was also noticeable strength among apparel chains, which posted collective growth of 6.6 percent.

Some of the company's fans would like to blame its lackluster performance on the tight financial controls exercised by American Apparel's private equity stakeholder Lion Capital, which is reportedly preventing the chain from investing in new technology and equipment.