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Originally known as Fashion 21, [9] the store was founded in Los Angeles on April 16, 1984, by Do Won Chang and Jin Sook Chang, married immigrants from South Korea. [10] The original 900 square feet (84 m 2) store [11] was located at 5637 N. Figueroa Street in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles.
The George brand was founded in 1989 as a partnership between English fashion designer George Davies & Asda. The latter had recruited the high-street designer for its grocery store brand to help shoppers avoid high street. Asda and George were sold to Walmart in 1999, which led to the expansion of the George brand into Walmart stores. [2]
The UK government announces that legislation will be brought forward to ban sex offenders in England and Wales from changing their names to avoid detection. [415] 10 May The UK economy is reported to have moved out of recession, with 0.6% growth between January and March, the fastest rate for two years. [416]
The brand is described as "creating contemporary minimalist collections for mid-range prices" [2] for women and men. COS is an abbreviation of “Collection of Style.” The brand advertises a design ethos of pieces made to last beyond the season with a focus on craftsmanship, and of using sustainably sourced materials for its products. [3]
Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) is a multinational fast-fashion company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] Operating in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, select Western European countries, Poland, [4] the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar, the Urban Outfitters brand targets young adults with a merchandise mix of women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear, beauty ...
The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
Some forms of branded content do include self-placed product placement (such as a series of made-for-TV movies produced by Walmart and Procter & Gamble, which featured placements for P&G products and Walmart store brands), [37] [38] [39] but some (such as, most prominently, the media operations of energy drink brand Red Bull) are focused more ...