VF Implements New Structure to Align Divisions and Cut Costs
VF Corp shifts to integrated management boosting cross unit collaboration. European and U.S. teams share fabrics and warehouse space, while narrowing product categories to focus on core brands like Lee Jeanswear and Vanity Fair. CEO McDonald emphasizes quick inventory turns and consumer aligned offerings.
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McDonald
U.S
Tn VF
Jantzen
Lee
Vanity Fair
Han
Troutman
Wrangler
Lawrence Pugh
Secretary Green charts path from college to Ernst & Young
Green rose from secretarial work to administration and accounting at General Industries before joining Ernst & Young after its acquisition of Erist & Young. She describes her role as an information center and values visibility with top leaders, while resisting entrepreneurship to focus on her career at EY.
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Green
Lorain County Community College
John Marshall High School
Cuyahoga Community Calera
PSI
General Industries
Elyria
Ernst & Young
Jacobsen
The Mystery of Women Pay Gap Revisited
Census tracked women from 1988 to 1986 find 71 percent had gaps in work histories. Intermittent returnees earn less long term, with wage losses peaking early. Equitable Life policies show retention via flex time and transition plans to keep women attached and advancing.
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Jacobsen
Census Bureau
Blackwell
Joan M. Waring
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Equitable
Waring
Beauvais Builds Western Pacific AfterAmerica West Collapse
Beauvais survived America West bankruptcy to launch Western Pacific, a Denver area discount airline. The firm grew from six daily flights to 28, serving 20 cities, carrying 379,120 passengers from April to December with a 62.8 percent load factor, aiming for under 60 percent to break even.
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America West
Beauvais
Western Pacific
Denver
Colorado Springs
United States
Continental Airlines
United Airlines
Stapleton International
DIA
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Germany
Her
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Pikes Peak
Simpson
Marge Simpson
Fox TV
Pueblo
Colo
Regis College
AIR - Crueses
TOURS
Florida
Orlando
Winterhaven
Walt Disney World
Tribe
OUN TV
Jacobs Field
Hess and Hess Pharmacy
East Broad St
East Bridge St
Larry
Vermilion Dempsey
Oberlin Rd
Elyria Frabotta
Griswold
Lorain Muller and Brake
Middle Ave
Amherst
South Amherst
Middle Ridge Rd
Amherst Gas
Elyria Deli
Detroit Rd
Avon Dairy Mart
Kiedrowski
Simply Delicious
Heritage
Cooper-Foster Park Rd
Amherst Lake Avenue
Lake Ave
Janes Dodges
Kansas Ave
Loram Smitty’s
Expresslane
the Adventurer’s Clubs
Lake Rd
Avon Lake
Ziebart
Tidycar
Broad and
Cedar Sts
Elyna Stewart’s
Cleveland St
Elyria Sliman Dodge
Chrysler
Kerr Beverages
Erie Ave
Lorain
Huber’s Power Equipment
Gerber’s
Avon
Jamie’s
Elyna
Ohio
Enes
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