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My Peerless story : it starts with the collar /

"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, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Segal, Alvin Cramer, 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Series:Footprints (Cheltenham, England) ; 24.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 plan that changes everyday
  • 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?