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Levi Strauss walks away with the profits
SAN FRANCISCO -- Levi Strauss & Co. shook off a sales slowdown in the United States late last year to boost its profit for the ninth straight quarter and cap the jeans maker's best year in more than a decade. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that...
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Research articles 2008-02-13
Levi Strauss names new chairman T. Gary Rogers hails from Dreyer's
Levi Strauss & Co. has named T. Gary Rogers, top boss a Oakland- based Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, to be chairman of the board at Levi, the jeans maker announced Wednesday. Rogers, 65, will retire at the end of December after 30 years as chairman and chief...
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Research articles 2007-12-14
Levi Strauss announces profit spike
SAN FRANCISCO -- Levi Strauss & Co. extended a two-year streak of higher profits during the third quarter despite decelerating sales growth that reflected eroding demand for the jeans maker's discount and Dockers brands in the United States. The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday that it earned...
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Research articles 2007-10-11
The Levi's® Brand Opens Two New Stores in Michigan
New Stores at Twelve Oaks Mall and The Mall at Partridge Creek Provides Widest Range of Levi's[R] Jeans in the Region SAN FRANCISCO -- The Levi's[R] brand, the originator and preeminent purveyor of jeanswear, is opening new stores in Novi, Mich. and Clinton, Mich. that offers the best range...
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Research articles 2007-10-01
Levi Strauss' 2nd-quarter profit climbs
SAN FRANCISCO AP -- Levi Strauss & Co.'s second-quarter profit rose 14 percent, accelerating a comeback that has spurred talk that the storied jeans maker might go public again after more than two decades as a privately held company. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday it earned $45.7...
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Research articles 2007-07-11
Useless, yet curiously compelling
Blue jeans are 134 years old today. On May 20th 1874, a Bavarian dry-goods wholesaler from San Franciso called Levi Strauss, and Jacob Davis, a Latvian tailor from Reno, Nevada, received patent no. 139,121 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It was for work pants, reinforced using a...
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Research articles 2007-05-20
This paper: Soon to be printed on denim.(FAMILY TIMES)(LIFE AND TIMES)
Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The planet is not going to be overwhelmed by global warming, giant asteroids, neutron bombs or even something the Democrats might do. The world is going to be overwhelmed by bluejeans. Yes. Bluejeans. We're infested. We're denim-deranged. ...
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Research articles 2007-03-04
Ethical Trading Action Group/Revealing Clothing Report: Companies Opening up on Labour Standards; But tackling labour rights abuses requires more worker involvement.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec 7, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The Ethical Trading Action Group ETAG today released its second annual Transparency Report Card, comparing public reporting on labour standards compliance by 30 top apparel retailers and brands including Levi Strauss, Nike, adidas, H&M, Mountain Equipment Co-op,...
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Research articles 2006-12-07
BRIEFINGS: TRIPLE FIVE SOUL...RENZO ROSSO...LEVI STRAUSS & CO.,.(Pier SpA)(Robert Hanson)
Triple Five Soul opened its first store in Japan this month, in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district. The two-level, 900-square-foot store is the brand's fourth retail unit, including two locations in the U.S. and one in China. Diesel owner Renzo Rosso has acquired high-end Italian...
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Research articles 2006-10-23
LEVI STRAUSS PROFITS RISE 29% IN Q3.
Byline: ADAM TSCHORN LOS ANGELES - Lower expenses and gains in the Dockers brand offset a drop in third-quarter sales and helped push net income at San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. up 29 percent to $49.3 million against $38.2 million in the...
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Research articles 2006-10-16
Fitch Upgrades Ratings on Levi Strauss; Positive Outlook
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has upgraded its ratings on Levi Strauss & Co. Levi as follows:
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Research articles 2007-02-21
Levi Strauss chief executive to step down by end of year
SAN FRANCISCO AP -- Levi Strauss & Co. President Phil Marineau will step down as chief executive in November or December, concluding a rocky reign marred by thousands of layoffs and accounting trouble before he finally ended a prolonged sales slide that ravaged the storied jeans maker. Marineau's...
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Research articles 2006-07-07
Research and Markets: Addressing All the Key Issues That Confront the Company, the Levi Strauss 2006 Company Profile Analyses New Product Development and R&D
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c55928) has announced the addition of Levi Strauss 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 to their offering.
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Research articles 2007-05-03
Reno to honor creator of Levi's
RENO, Nev. -- In 1871, an obscure Reno tailor named Jacob Davis was given $3 to make a pair of trousers sturdy enough for a large woodcutter who quickly wore out his pants. The Latvian immigrant's ingenious idea of using metal rivets to strengthen the pants would not...
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Research articles 2006-05-14
PROFITS RISE ON SLOWER SALES AT LEVI'S.(Levi Strauss & Co.)
Byline: ADAM TSCHORN LOS ANGELES - Citing weaker demand in the European market, as well as consolidation and reduced sales of its Levi Strauss Signature brand to Wal-Mart, Levi Strauss & Co. reported higher profits on lower sales in the first quarter. ...
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Research articles 2006-04-17
PETER HAAS SR. OF LEVI STRAUSS, 86.(Obituary)
Byline: DAVID LIPKE NEW YORK -- Peter E. Haas Sr., a former chairman and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., who led the company during a period of considerable growth, died in San Francisco on Dec. 4 of natural causes. He was 86....
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Research articles 2005-12-12
Levi Strauss & Company, a U.S. clothier, said a Mexican court ordered it to pay US$44.5 million to Comexma, a Mexican supplier, after the jeans maker's Mexican counsel gave law enforcement inaccurate brand protection information that prompted a police
Levi Strauss & Company, a U.S. clothier, said a Mexican court ordered it to pay US$44.5 million to Comexma, a Mexican supplier, after the jeans maker's Mexican counsel gave law enforcement inaccurate brand protection information that prompted a police raid. Levi Strauss, which is appealing the ruling, said it never...
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Research articles 2005-06-01
H.E. Butt Grocery Co. to raze old San Antonio Levi plant.
By Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--The old Levi Strauss factory on South Zarzamora Street on the Southwest Side -- once the workplace for more than 1,000 people -- has been a lifeless shell since it...
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Research articles 2004-12-03
Levi Strauss bringing new body measurement system to Baltimore
Levi Strauss & Co., of San Francisco, is bringing a new electronic body measurement system to 12 cities, including Baltimore. It consists of a cylindrical glass booth which takes the body measurements of a fully clothed person in approximately 10 seconds, and prints out recommended sizes and styles of Levi's...
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Research articles 2005-09-03
Levi Strauss Foundation and Levi Strauss & Co. Support San Antonio Community Agencies with $700,000 in Grants
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Levi Strauss Foundation and Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO.) are providing adult learning and transition assistance to dislocated workers in San Antonio, Texas as a result of $700,000 in grants awarded to community agencies. The grants are part of LS&CO. and the Levi Strauss Foundation's support...
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Research articles 2004-10-21
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