In today’s crossover episode of This Week in Business History on Supply Chain Now, we’re sharing two episodes in one! Listen as host Scott Luton shares the story and journey of Dewey Hecht and then host Kelly Barner shares the story of the Levi Strauss company.
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This Week in Business History for May 17th: Quality That Never Goes Out of Style- The Levi’s Story
Levis may well have been the pants that won the West, but it wasn’t the pants themselves that put Levi Strauss & Company on the map, it was the rivets that held them together under the strain of hard labor. And the rivets weren’t Strauss’ invention – that came from Jacob Davis, a tailor from Reno, Nevada, who had a great idea but not $69 for a patent. So he partnered…