My peerless story : it starts with the collar / Alvin Cramer Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segal, Alvin Cramer, author.

Series:

Footprints Series ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Segal, Alvin Cramer, 1933-.

Segal, Alvin Cramer.

Peerless Clothing (Firm)--History.

Peerless Clothing (Firm).

Men's clothing industry--Canada--Statistics.

Men's clothing industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"In 1951, Alvin Cramer Segal, at the age of eighteen and without a formal education, started working in the factory of his stepfather's company in Montreal. Today he is the chairman and chief executive officer of the largest supplier of men's fine-tailored clothing in North America, and is considered an outstanding business and community leader, at the forefront of policy-making in Canada's apparel industry, with commitments to philanthropic efforts that echo his business accomplishments. In My Peerless Story, Segal recounts how he learned business from the collar down and from the ground up, transforming a family-owned business into one that would eventually come to license labels such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Michael Kors. Sharing anecdotes and personal experiences, Segal describes the history of garment manufacturing in Montreal and his intuitive strategies to leverage growth by improving fabrics, and adapting to innovative changes in the industry, eventually becoming the main inventory source of designer label suits to major department stores. Written from the heart, not a as handbook but rather as the story of a well-suited business career, My Peerless Story nonetheless includes relevant business lessons for the aspiring and inspired."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Foreword

A Life Well Stitched

Life Begins at Eighteen: It’s Bashert

Taking Ownership of the Factory

Change Is in the Air

Be Careful, I Have a Shotgun!

I Have a Long-Range PlanThat Changes Every Day

Building a Management Team

The Engineered Suit: The Collar Is Everything

David and Goliath: My Battle with the Woven Textile* Industry

Trying to Survive

The FTA Is Coming

The Missing Link in the Chain

Hard to Stay under the Radar

1991–2000: Entering the Twenty-First Century with the Rainmaker

Back in the Saddle

Ralph Made Me Do It: Are We an Importer or a Manufacturer?

Afterword

Organizations Supported

Awards Granted

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2017).

ISBN:

0-7735-5017-8

OCLC:

973792614