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To: LindyBill who wrote (174409)	7/22/2006 5:52:53 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 794221

<<As the article mentioned, Levi has whored for Wal Mart by giving them a cheaper line under the Levi name. One thing that contributed to this breakup was the anti-trust laws which have been enforced to make manufacturers sell to everybody.>> I remember that. Jeez when K-Mart started selling Izod and Arnold Palmer the glamor went out of buying those products. When the anti-trust laws came in we got a Levi account, thought we'd get a lot of young guys buying flares and bell bottoms. Bought some straight legs to keep the salesman happy. SOB, we had the out of style straight legs and did a nice business with construction guys. They didn't want style, they wanted function. I remember when Arrow was 85% American and 15% overseas. Had a strike and to keep the union happy they switched to 15% American and 85% overseas. Lots of Americans lost their jobs but the ones who didn't got a nice raise.