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Mel Ziegler

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 19, 2024 by Mel Ziegler · across every show →

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Aug 19, 2024 positive
Insight
Mel Ziegler: Surplus apparel required storytelling to sell
“We were only going to be able to sell these kinds of things if they had stories attached to them.”
Mel Ziegler Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 28:03 Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler
Aug 19, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
A modified Australian surplus jacket was Banana Republic's only early market research
“We went back to the chronic library and said, where did you get that jacket? And I guess that was the extent of the research that made us realize that This is what we ought to do. We ought to find more stuff like this and sell it.”
Mel Ziegler Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 16:31 Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler
Aug 19, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Banana Republic's founders lived off the physical cash in mail-order envelopes
“For years we ate from the dollars in the envelope. We would basically take, open enough envelopes.”
Mel Ziegler Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 54:47 Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler
Aug 19, 2024
Disclosure
Mel Ziegler: We set an initial goal to make $1M in 5 years
“The magic number was a million dollars. We wanted to make a million dollars. Five years. We'd give it five years.”
Mel Ziegler Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 13:16 Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler
Aug 19, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mel Ziegler: Stanford Banana Republic became the highest-grossing mall store
“There were lines there. It was the highest grossing store in the mall.”
Mel Ziegler Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 1:11:36 Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler
Aug 19, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Mel Ziegler: Banana Republic's success was mostly driven by luck
“Oh, I would say mostly luck. We say go with the flow, but don't forget to row. I mean, in a sense being in the right place, being born at the right time.”
Mel Ziegler Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 1:28:30 Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler
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