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...The former president of the Levi jeans brand for Levi Strauss described himself as a guitar enthusiast who already owned Gibson and Epiphone instruments....
...Chip Bergh, chief executive of Levi Strauss, told analysts on Tuesday the company was “planning for the worst but hoping for the best”, saying it had already built a diversified global supply chain in which...
...Levi Strauss, for example, still makes its jeans outside America. But it recently brought its innovation centre — and those jobs — from Turkey to San Francisco....
...Customers range from Levi Strauss to Abercrombie & Fitch and Walmart....
...The clothing and sportswear industry has done it differently. In 2005, Nike posted the names and addresses of its suppliers on its website. Levi Strauss and Adidas have done the same....
...Levi Strauss, whose Levi’s jeans are often 90 per cent cotton, warned this month of “double-digit price increases”....
...Apparel companies such as Levi Strauss, Next and VF, which owns brands including Lee jeans, have warned of higher retail prices for their clothing....
...“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....
...Even there, brands such as Nike, Adidas, Levi Strauss and the local Peter England have started to appear....
...John Anderson, chief executive officer of Levi Strauss, also highlighted the attraction of the new middle class customers in China and India this week, telling a call with analysts that the company was “...
...Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J....
...Strauss Bill Hambrecht, Founder, Chairman and CEO, W.R....
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