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01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Leading Change

doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic development in China. Esquel is... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

an estimated 36.7 million US practitioners purchasing classes, gear, and accessories—an increase of 80 percent in four years. It has also spawned a number of lucrative business models: Vancouver-based apparel company Lululemon Athletica... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

lines for major networks like PBS, Disney, and Cartoon Network (CookieJar Entertainment). As President of Life is Good, I led a lifestyle apparel brand dedicated to spreading optimism. Later, I joined Katie Couric Media as President of... View Details

30 Jan 2017
Working Paper Summaries

The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Ben Gettinger; Apparel & Accessories; Apparel & Accessories

February 2023
Supplement

Coats Dyehouse Management

By: Willy C. Shih

Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details

Keywords: Inventory Management; Supply Chain; Inventory; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia

December 2014 (Revised May 2016)
Case

Dhamani Jewels: Becoming a Global Luxury Brand

By: Lynda Applegate and Lisa C. Mazzanti

Dhamani started as a loose gemstone dealer in 1969 in Jaipur, India. By the 2000s, it was headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and had expanded into diamonds and retail. The family business was now in its second generation of leadership and aimed to become a... View Details

Keywords: Luxury Retail; Jewelry; Luxury Goods; UAE; Retail; Brands and Branding; Family Business; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Dubai; India

November 1994
Case

Electrical Distributors, Inc.

By: David F. Hawkins

The owner of a small electrical supply firm has grown beyond his ability to fund growth with internally generated funds. He seeks a bank loan, which falls short of his needs. View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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March 2012 (Revised September 2014)
Supplement

Clarks at a Crossroads (C)

By: John A. Davis and Suzanne Stroh

Clarks (C) describes the turnaround of C&J Clarks Ltd., 1993-2002. It describes the roles of family chairman Roger Pedder, and CEO Timothy Parker, in this successful effort. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Apparel and Accessories Industry

March 2012 (Revised September 2014)
Supplement

Clarks at a Crossroads (B)

By: John A. Davis and Suzanne Stroh

Clarks (B) summarizes the results of the shareholders vote described in the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Apparel and Accessories Industry

June 2011
Teaching Note

Knight the King: The Founding of Nike (TN)

By: Noam Wasserman

Teaching Note for 810077. View Details

Keywords: Market Participation; Public Ownership; Transformation; Business Startups; Going Public; Competition; Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry

January 2010
Teaching Note

Gucci Group N.V. (TN) (A), (B), (C) and Gucci Group in 2009

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for [701037], [701089], [702479], and [709459].. View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

2009
Case

Mercury Athletic Footwear, Inc.: Valuing the Opportunity (TN): Brief Case No. 4051.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry

November 2008 (Revised August 2011)
Case

UnME Jeans: Branding in Web 2.0

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery

This case introduces emerging Web 2.0 social media in virtual worlds, social networking sites, and video-sharing sites and encourages students to explore the opportunities and risks they present for brands. The case allows students to grapple with the strategic and... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Risk and Uncertainty; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web; Apparel and Accessories Industry

March 2007 (Revised November 2011)
Teaching Note

Nike Inc. - Heading Toward 2012 (TN)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

August 1989 (Revised October 1990)
Case

Reebok Brands

By: David E. Bell and Christian Schaack

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

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November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Liz Claiborne and the New Working Woman

By: Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson

At age 47, with two decades of experience as a lead designer for a Fortune 500 fashion company, Liz Claiborne put her life savings on the line to form Liz Claiborne, Inc., a partnership that included her husband. A decade later, in 1986, Claiborne was CEO of her own... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Leadership; Gender; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career; Apparel and Accessories Industry

October 2006
Teaching Note

Icebreaker: The China Entry Decision (TN)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III

Teaching Note to (806-195). View Details

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; China; United States; Europe

November 2005 (Revised July 2006)
Supplement

Cutter & Buck (C)

By: William A. Sahlman and Victoria Winston

Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry

September 1999 (Revised November 1999)
Case

Maxwell Shoe Company, Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu

This case examines analysts' claim that Maxwell's stock was undervalued. View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Stocks; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry

October 1996
Teaching Note

Liz Claiborne, Inc. and Ruentex Industries, Ltd. Case Series TN

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty

Teaching Note for (9-690-048), (9-690-049), and (9-690-050). View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Production; Cooperation; Supply Chain; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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