We place a lot of value in appearance and Levi Aron certainly appears non-threatening.
At any rate, Apple, General Motors and Levi Strauss all sell certain products at higher prices in China than elsewhere.
During my store visits, I have seen customers in both Izod and Levi shops examine merchandise and return it to the shelf.
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But going on-line is a lot harder than it looks, and Levi's struggle offers lessons for all marketers pondering a foray into cyberspace.
And Levi could use a boost: Its market share has shrunk 14 points, to 16.9%, since 1990, says researcher Tactical Retail Monitor, New York.
Mattock's fellow youth team players Richard Stearman and Levi Porter have both impressed when given their chance and Mattock hopes others youngsters follow their example.
Ms. Rowley made the most of her impassioned farewell, tenor Dinyar Vania was less imposing as the ill-fated Roberto, and Levi Hernandez was sturdy as Anna's father.
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Since it made the leap to the workplace a few years ago, companies like Bank of America, Cendant, Adidas and Levi Strauss have climbed aboard the learning-style bandwagon.
"Look to companies like Patagonia and Levi's who are really doing it, " she says, noting the world's largest retailer, Walmart, as another frontrunner credited with making significant changes to its supply chain.
The project accelerated late last year after Gordon Shank, then president of Levi's Americas unit and now Levi's chief marketing officer, visited a customer-service center and heard the frustration firsthand.
But Steve, your persistence of the black mock turtleneck and baggy Levi's 501 jeans uniform is disconcerting.
Musician and businessman Levi Roots has embarked on a national tour of schools in a bid to inspire pupils to cook.
And while Levi plotted to compete against the stores by going on-line, it continues to forbid them from doing the same.
But Vinokourov - one of the most aggressive riders of the Tour - cheated the fast-finishers with a well-timed move 2km out to claim a memorable win and leapfrog Levi Leipheimer into fifth place overall.
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Rabin, who fought in Israel's 1948 war for independence, will be buried with full military honors Monday at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jewish west Jerusalem, where the remains of Zionist founder Theodor Herzl and former prime ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir were laid to rest.
In woebegone Hargeisa, the dusty and crumbling capital of Somaliland, a young university student insisted on paying for our tea at a cafe, thanking us profusely for engaging with him in a discussion about religion, politics and America that was eye-opening for Levi and me.
Levi and I walked into the street aglow, but also a little ashamed.
Two other passengers in the car - Watson's 18-year-old son Levi and 17-year-old Michael Smith - were also injured in the crash.
Karlsen told investigators at the time that he was able to rescue Levi and the boy's sisters but could not save his wife.
Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg.
If Levi and I slid into the second stage of culture shock halfway in, it may partly have been because of that daily anxiety.
" A History of Young People in the West: Stormy Evolution to Modern Times (Volume Two)", edited by Giovanni Levi and Jen-Claude Schmitt, Harvard University Press, 1997.
Not once between April and September did levi.com or dockers.com generate enough eyeballs to be ranked by Nielsen NetRatings, which in September required at least 172, 000 unique visitors.
But like Mr. Levi and Mr. Epstein, she says she can't predict how many of her remaining employees will go onto the company's plan next year, when all individuals will be required to have health insurance.
Spend more than a few hours in any Levi office and it becomes obvious that all Mr Haas's mission statements, philanthropy and so on are not just add-ons, but the core of Levi's identity.
Clothing manufacture is highly labour intensive, and even market leaders like Levi's are finding it more and more difficult to maintain jobs in the industrialised countries.
An oft-heard statistic while I was in Silicon Valley was that the Bay Area and Seattle (where Microsofties multiply) were the America's biggest consumers of pizza, Levi's and triple lattes.
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Jesus and Peter, calling Levi to a new life, paradoxically wear traditional biblical garb.
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