hosiery industry

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 12, 2016 by Sara Blakely · across every show →

Everything said about hosiery industry, oldest first

Sep 12, 2016 bearish
Assertion Supported
Blakely: The hosiery industry was declining year after year when Spanx launched
“I was basically coming in and disrupting an entire industry who'd been looking at something in one way, and they were on a decline year after year.”
Sara Blakely Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 7:13 Spanx: Sara Blakely
Sep 12, 2016 negative
Insight
Hosiery was uncomfortable because it was exclusively manufactured by men
“The manufacturing plants didn't get it at all, and I found it very interesting that all I was meeting with were men, and then it kind of became clear to me why they'd probably been so uncomfortable for so long, because the people that were making them weren't …”
Sara Blakely Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 6:52 Spanx: Sara Blakely
Jul 3, 2017 negative
Insight
Blakely: Hosiery Was Uncomfortable Because Male Mill Owners Never Wore It
“I found it very interesting that all I was meeting with were men, and then it kind of became clear to me why they'd probably been so uncomfortable for so long, because the people that were making them weren't spending all day in them, you know, and so, and if …”
Sara Blakely Jul 3, 2017 ▶ 7:27 Spanx: Sara Blakely (2017)
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