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Burch: Moving 100% of Time to Design Transformed the Business

Tory Burch · Tory Burch: Tory Burch · Jun 5, 2023 · at 1:05:14

Fashion designer Tory Burch discusses stepping down as CEO of her eponymous brand in 2018 after 14 years to focus entirely on creative direction and product design.

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“And being able to be focused just on design and the product creation, I think, has been transformative for The business and for the product for sure. I mean, it's, I went from me spending 30% of my time on it to a hundred percent, and I do feel that we're just hitting our stride.”

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