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- 30 Jan 2012
- News
Shopping Around
Calabrese: "Never mistake motion for action." Courtesy Julia Calabrese A commercial real-estate mogul who quotes Hemingway? That would be Julia Calabrese (OPM 22, 1995), CEO at London-based McArthurGlen Group UK Ltd., a leading owner, manager, and developer of designer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Giving Back
It was in grade school that Jim Gibbons (MBA ’94) began to lose his sight due to macular degeneration, a retinal condition; by his junior year at Purdue, his vision loss was complete. Today, Gibbons is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, a network... View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Video: Thinking Secondhand First
CEO and co-founder of thredUP, James Reinhart (MBA/MPA-ID 2009) is disrupting the retail industry out of the mission to keep clothing out of landfills. Reinhart thought of his secondhand clothing business... View Details
Millard S. Drexler
Drexler helped to transform The Gap from a “me-too” retailer of Levi’s and private label jeans into a fashion icon. He simplified the brand’s product line and invested heavily in provocative advertising which made The Gap a recognizable worldwide brand. During the... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Sidney Kimmel
eighties, Kimmel was able to orchestrate a massive turnaround for the company by delivering a line of affordable, yet professional and upscale line of women’s clothing with designer Rena Rowan. He further solidified the future of the firm... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
Want to gain more respect at the office? Consider wearing red sneakers to work. OK, so maybe it's not quite that cut-and-dried. But recent research does find that people who wear offbeat clothes in a professional setting are often... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
men, as compared with 120 men in England; and, similarly, that the Portuguese could produce a particular quantity of cloth (say, 9,000 yards) with just 90 men, as compared with 100 men in England. In other words, Portugal's productivity... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Fashionable Fundraising
Hospital. The show featured clothes from 22 designers and retailers, including Marchesa, Marc Jacobs, BCBG, and Banana Republic. View photos and video from the show at www.thehbsfashionshow.com. Learn about the Harris Center’s programs at... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
Collection, a California-based children’s clothing brand inspired by the global spirit of cultural connection. The company’s design team has found inspiration for Tea’s seasonal clothing collections in their... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
design and suitable not only for yoga but for everyday wear as well. Launched a little over two years ago, her clothing line, Zobha (which means beauty, brilliance, and grace in Sanskrit), can be found in more than 350 stores in twenty... View Details
Donald G. Fisher
Fisher opened his first store in 1969 selling exclusively Levi’s jeans. Five years later, Fisher created his own line of women’s jeans, called Gap jeans. Fisher expanded his company to include 2,300 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the U.... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Anne Klein
Klein played a major role in re-inventing the fashion industry. She founded Junior Sophisticates, where the clothing had classic lines, and incorporated this look in Anne Klein and Company when it began in 1968. Klein’s unique style of... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
How HBS Gives Back
volunteered at several places, and each one has been a great experience. I’ve been lucky to work with other HBS staff, such as clothes “shopping,” at the clothing swap, and volunteering at Cradles to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Soul Man
wished to be rid of. As the teens deposited their notes in trash bins (along with CDs, T-shirts, and cigarette lighters), Luce prayed before the crowd into an onstage microphone, “Lord Jesus, I strip off the identity of the world, and this morning I View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’ CEOs of global companies increasingly mandate that their employees learn English. The problem: these workers can experience a loss of status and believe they aren’t as effective in their learned language, says... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
Wilkis Wilson, Traub, and Maybank Main article: Where Innovation Rules Marvin Traub (MBA 1949) joined Bloomingdale’s in 1950, became its president in 1969, and served as chairman and CEO from 1978 to 1991. Today, as chairman of Marvin Traub Associates, he continues to... View Details