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...(FT) In the news Levi Strauss IPO For one day only the New York Stock Exchange will ditch it's traditional dress code of “no jeans” and replace it with a “jeans compulsory” order to mark Levis Strauss’...
...The former president of the Levi jeans brand for Levi Strauss described himself as a guitar enthusiast who already owned Gibson and Epiphone instruments....
...Mr Bergh is the president and chief executive of denim-apparel company Levi Strauss & Co....
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...One of Wilcox’s favourite sections is a collection of customised Levi’s denim jackets, which were commissioned in 1986 by the British style magazine Blitz....
...Customers range from Levi Strauss to Abercrombie & Fitch and Walmart....
...Hermès also worked with the Four Seasons George V hotel in Paris to create a hand-built Rolls-Royce Phantom, custom-made to the hotel’s specifications....
...Levi Strauss, whose Levi’s jeans are often 90 per cent cotton, warned this month of “double-digit price increases”....
...John Anderson, chief executive of Levi Strauss, said last week that it was too early to calculate the impact because “the consumer hasn’t had a chance to respond to those [prices] yet.”...
...To this end, the V&A has already acquired pieces of high street/designer collaborations, including Jil Sander’s J+ line for Uniqlo and Giles for “Gold” at New Look....
...Separately, Levi Strauss, the denim clothing company, is to use camera-phone readable tags in the in-store marketing for the imminent relaunch of its women’s jeans business in the US....
...“Particularly in these times there’s a strong sense of wanting to come home to brands like Levi’s that have withstood the test of time,” says Robert Hanson, president of Levi Strauss’s Americas division....
...Robert Hanson, head of Americas for Levi Strauss, said lower inventories had become “the new norm” for the business, with a focus on keeping inventory in line with demand....
...Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J....
...Meanwhile, Paul Mason, Matalan's previous chief executive, who left rather abruptly to be replaced by King in early 2003, is now European president of Levi Strauss, the US jeans group, based in Belgium....
...It uses cheap fabric from China, India and Pakistan to produce jeans and gabardine trousers destined for Levi Strauss, Gap, Wal-Mart and other US chains....
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