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The store sold Levi's jeans as well as records and tapes in order to capture the 12-to-25-year-old target market. [2] In 1972, the Fishers launched the Gap label, becoming the first chain in retail history to use its store name as the brand name. [2] The Gap was a resounding success and filed for an IPO in 1973. [2]
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Levi Strauss & Co. (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / LEE-vy STROWSS) is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ z / LEE-vyze) brand of denim jeans.It was founded in May 1853 [2] when German-Jewish immigrant Levi Strauss moved from Buttenheim, Bavaria, to San Francisco, California, to open a West Coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business.
Levi Strauss (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / LEE-vy STROWSS; born Löb Strauß, German: [løːp ˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. [1] [2]
In the video, the family discusses their decision to allow their eldest child to join social media. (The couple has two younger children: Livingston, 10, and Vida, 13.)
In the end, Levi shared of his journey: "You learn so much about who you are by learning about your family, about your past, because that is you. You are a product of that long line.
Jacob William Davis (born Jākobs Jufess; Russian: Якоб Яковлевич Юфес, May 14, 1831 – January 20, 1908) was a Latvian-American tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans. [1] Growing up in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well.
Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death. Naomi Whitehead recently became the oldest living person in North America at 114-years-old. St. Paul's Senior Living ...