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- 21 Feb 2020
- News
Style for Everyone
of our first names––Nadia and Lydia––and Co really represents our community,” says Gilbert. “In the US, about 70 percent of women wear plus-size apparel, and yet only about 17 percent of apparel dollars are sold in those sizes,” says... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Leading the way in sustainable style
Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976), the chairman and CEO of garment-manufacturing giant The Esquel Group, doesn’t spend much time talking about apparel anymore. Instead, she’s focused on improving the livelihood of the company’s 47,000 employees... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Sun Dress
much more advanced Down Under than Up Top in the United States, and that’s the inspiration behind Barrow’s apparel company, Coolibar (www.coolibar.com). While ordinary clothing does offer a modicum of protection, “Coolibar’s clothing is... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
A Stitch in Time (Second Edition) by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond, and David Weil (Oxford University Press) Spurred on by advances in information technology, a retailing revolution has been taking place during the past two decades,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
(MBA ’05) first line of women’s clothing, AMMARA, won’t hit department stores until this fall, she’s already landed in Women’s Wear Daily for bringing fashionable apparel to mature customers at a lower price point. “I felt there was a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
2020 Vision
for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; and served as EVP at Dunk.net, Shaquille O’Neal’s footwear and apparel company. She is currently the CEO of Insomnia Consulting LLC, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in investment, development, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
the seventh annual Social Enterprise Conference. The daylong event featured a number of panel discussions and two keynote presenters: Jeffrey Swartz, president and CEO of Timberland, the $1.5 billion footwear and outdoor apparel company,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
Brooks Brothers, Marks & Spencer, and Nordstrom. What isn't known to consumers is the name behind all these labels-a family-owned textile and apparel manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong called The Esquel Group. With seventeen plants... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
Hilfiger. But chairman Marjorie Yang doesn’t spend much time talking about apparel anymore. Instead, she’s talking about the importance of improving the livelihood of workers (which reduces turnover) and reducing water and electricity use... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
MICHAEL KAPLAN (left, with brother and partner Nicholas) reflects on lessons learned and looks ahead to future growth. Michael Kaplan (MBA ’02) had a great idea for a start-up: a fashionable apparel company catering to plus-size women.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
helm, The Esquel Group makes more men's cotton shirts than any other company in the world, producing private-label apparel for high-end chains like Brooks Brothers and designers like Ralph Lauren. Egon P. S. Zehnder (MBA '56) Founding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Fashionable Fundraising
Thirty-five HBS students and partners took to the runway in mid-April for the Retail & Apparel Club’s 7th annual HBS Fashion Show. The sold-out event packed a Boston restaurant, with the proceeds going to the Harris Center for Education... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
addition, online retailers have a vast amount of data at their fingertips; solving complex problems with data seemed like a natural fit. Tell me about the research you did with Rue La La. Rue La La is in the online flash sales industry, offering designer View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis
(photo by Leah Fasten) My impetus to start my own company was so somebody else couldn’t control my destiny. My first company was Cameesa, an apparel company with a Kickstarter model. There were many failures: We didn’t know what we were... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
2010) created Birchbox, a wildly successful monthly beauty-samples subscription service that has inspired countless in-a-box imitators. Motlagh’s Acustom Apparel showroom in Soho, which opened in 2013, has some things in common with a... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
catch up,” she says. Questioning the status quo has also inspired Mendhro to launch VIDA, a venture-based ecommerce platform based in San Francisco that connects designers across the globe with producers, to manufacture original apparel... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
years later, it's clear that she made the right choice. As a director of the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company and managing partner of McKinsey Southeast United States, Karch has become an expert on numerous business topics, such as retailing, mass merchandising,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Sep 2018
- News
Esquel Group Looks to a Robotic Future
- 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