Levi Strauss

Hour of Power

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Yahoo, Congress, Nike, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Starbucks, Levi Strauss, Production Tax Credit, Green News

By making domestic renewables part of their energy portfolio, American companies help stabilize their marginal costs of energy which is good for their bottom line, for the economy, and for American jobs.

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Occupy Girldom

Tamsin Smith | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Girl Up Campaign, Alexandra Dadarrio, Levi Strauss, United Nations Foundation, Impact News

Adolescent girls are standing up and stepping out across California this month to make their voices heard, declaring "it's not fair" that girls who sh...

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How Much Water Does A Pair Of Jeans Use? A Family Dinner Table Talk

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Jeans, Save Water, Family Dinner Download, Levis Jeans, Family Dinner Table Talk, Dinner Download, Washing Jeans, Water Conservation, Blue Jeans, Levi Strauss, Water Crisis, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Water -- it's in us, around us, good for us..., but sometimes we ta...

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Are Your Jeans Harming The Environment?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Environment, Jeans, Sustainability, Denim, Video, Levi Strauss, Style News

We all love our favorite pair of worn-in jeans, but sadly, there's bad news: your cherished denim might not be so great for Mother Nature. Esteemed...

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Synonymous With Entertainment: Branded Content and Why it Works

Mia R. Benenate | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Tiesto, Television, Branded Entertainment, Proctor & Gamble, Term of Art, Soap Operas, Gas Station Tv, Advertising, The LeBrons, Resonance Interactive, Bmw, Documentary, Believe Entertainment Group, Commercialism, Media, Film, Levi Strauss, Business News

"Branding" entertainment allows a company to target its audience and give a specific message, often imbedded within the programming in original and interesting ways.

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British Airways Gives Entrepreneurs A Ticket To Global Expansion

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

With its Face of Opportunity program, British Airways offered 250 entrepreneurs, selected out of 1500 entries, on the basis of video or written essays, one round-trip ticket to a destination of their choice anywhere in the world to forge new business relationships.

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Pakistan Flooding Hits Home

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nike, Pakistan, Green News, Starbucks, Pakistan Floods, BP Oil Spill, Coffee, Gulf Oil Spill, Levi Strauss, Green News

By Mindy Lubber Attention T-shirt lovers: Pakistan's catastrophic flooding is important to you, too. Beyond the immense suffering within Pakistan's ...

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To Sell Jeans, Levi's Tells a News Story of Urban Distress

Kirk Cheyfitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Advertising, Bennetton, Levi's, Marketing, Weiden and Kennedy, Storytelling, Colors, Levi Strauss, Journalism, Media News

Late last month, Levi's, a storied and beleaguered brand, began trying storytelling as advertising, creating original journalism to help drive sales a...

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Levi's letterpress shop in process

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letterpress, Posters, Levi Strauss, Impact News

The deal is that people can use a traditional form of media to get the word out regarding new tech and how it can be used for the common good. Check o...

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Levi's Print Workshop In The Mission

Piers Fawkes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mission District, Jeans, Paypal, Retail, Mission, Posure, Workshop, Go Forth, Plaza Adelante, Edible Schoolyard, Denim, Alice Waters, Levi's, Design, Southern E, Katz, Valencia Street, Psfk, San Francisco, Print Workshop, Marketing, Fashion, The Women's Building, Craig Newmark, Levi Strauss, Business News

As part of their workwear promotion, jeans maker Levi's have started a series of workshop programs to engage the local communities. It's part of the c...

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Levi's letterpress printshop in the Mission

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Levi's, Letterpress, Levi Strauss, Healthy Living News

The deal is to use letterpress craftsmanship to communicate via posters, in ways that defy mass production. Levi's Workshops are a series of craft-...

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Levi's Care Tags To Recommend Line Drying And Donating To Goodwil

nytimes.com | Leora Broydo Vestel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeans, Care Tags, Clotheslines, Green Living, Line-Drying, Goodwill, Levi Strauss, Green News

Levi Strauss & Co., in partnership with Goodwill, has begun a campaign designed to encourage customers to treat their clothes in an environmentally re...

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Claude Levi-Strauss, French Anthropologist, Dies

AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS — After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or ...

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, General Electric, Ed Markey, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, PNM Resources, Accce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Alcoa, Climate Change, Americans With Disabilities Act, New Yorker, Apple, Nike, Kevin Grandia, Adam Green, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, PG&E, Blue America, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Service Employees International Union, Exelon, CREDO Mobile, Global Warming, Family and Medical Leave Act, Political News, Steven Chu, Efca, Natural Resources Defense Council, Duke Energy, Health Care, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Graham, Frank Knapp, Levi Strauss, Move On, Seiu, Entergy, Psef, Green News

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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Mohawk Paper Joins Chamber of Commerce Exodus

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: PG&E Corp, Apple, Nike, Pseg, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Mohawk Paper, Levi Strauss, The Yes Men, Green News

The Chamber has been losing members -- real members out of its actual 300,000 or less total -- at a rate of several each week lately.

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Business America Lights a Candle for Copenhagen

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

There are many in the corporate realm who "get it" -- that's why they're finding new and innovative ways to combat climate change.

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Climate Controversy Damages Chamber's Reputation

Pete Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Duke, Ge, Nike, Exelon, PG&E, Microsoft, Entergy, Alcoa, Pseg, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Pnm, Levi Strauss, Johnson & Johnson, US Chamber of Commerce, Green News

The Chamber's tone-deaf response to the situation is contributing to reputation damage that is hurting the organization's credibility.

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The Incredible Shrinking U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pseg, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, PG&E Corp, Apple, Nike, PNM Resources, Exelon, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Silicon Valley Leadership Council, Climate Legislation, Tom Donohue, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Levi Strauss, Energy Debates, Green News

It turns out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce only has 300,000 members, not the more than 3 million it claimed to represent just a day ago.

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Save Money, Shop Fung-Mart: Where Wal-Mart Goes To Shop

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Li & Fung, Toys R US, Hang Seng Index, Wal-Mart, Talbots, Levi Strauss, Vertical Integration, Hong Kong, Business News

While many American retailers are just one lackluster back-to-school season away from disaster, the malingering recession has been very good to some retail manufacturers, especially in China.

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America's Biggest Brands: Iconic Or Overexposed? (SLIDESHOW, VOTE)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Walt Disney, America's Biggest Brands, Apple, Nike, America's Most Iconic Brands, Slidepoll, Starbucks, Coca Cola, Over-Exposed, Levi Strauss, Wal-Mart, Mcdonalds, Business News

In the money-hungry world of corporate America, is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? In the case of mega-brands like Wal-Mart, Starbucks...

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Joining Together in the Fight Against AIDS

John Tedstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, South Africa, HIV/AIDS Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Levi Strauss, World News

In our work around the world, we have witnessed firsthand the destructive power of this disease. Although its pain invades every aspect of family life and human emotion, the toll is also economic.

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Most Hated Director at Cannes: Lars Von Trier as Antichrist or Shaman?

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antichrist, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lars Von Trier, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Willem Dafoe, Cannes, Levi Strauss, Shamanism, Entertainment News

The film is marked by anxiety, cruelty and power manipulation in which the climax is a clitorectomy executed with a pair of scissors.

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Corporations' Plea for Climate Legislation Ignored

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011

The need for the United States to lead by example through legislation has never been greater. Unfortunately, the need for change in Washington may have superseded that consideration.

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