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POD1000000005_S0000110 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 539.535 | 13.737 | I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DEFINITELY HELPED THEM WAS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE IN LOS ANGELES AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER KOREAN AMERICAN GARMENT MANUFACTURERS IN THAT CITY SPECIFICALLY |
POD1000000005_S0000111 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 553.272 | 4.938 | SO I THINK THAT VERY MUCH WAS A PROPELLER OF THEIR SUCCESS |
POD1000000005_S0000112 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 558.21 | 1.637 | REMEMBER THE JOBBER MARKET |
POD1000000005_S0000113 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 559.847 | 3.825 | JOBBER J O B B E R JOBBER MARKET |
POD1000000005_S0000114 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 563.672 | 6.725 | KIM EXPLAINS THAT THE JOBBER MARKET CAME ABOUT AROUND THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WITH THE ARRIVAL OF KOREAN IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA |
POD1000000005_S0000115 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 570.397 | 9.275 | HE CAME FROM BOLIVIA MANY OF THE OTHER FOLKS HAD WORKED IN BRAZIL IN THAT COUNTRY'S MASSIVE GARMENT INDUSTRY AND THEY ALL BROUGHT THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THEM TO L A |
POD1000000005_S0000116 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 579.672 | 4.238 | THEY BOUGHT WHOLESALE CLOSEOUT GARMENTS AND WENT TO WORK OPENING THEIR OWN STORES |
POD1000000005_S0000117 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 583.91 | 3.15 | AH PEOPLE STARTED TO SELL THAT MERCHANDISE |
POD1000000005_S0000118 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 587.06 | 10.199 | BUT THE PEOPLE COME FROM THE BRAZIL THEY STARTED THE MAKING MANUFACTURING THEIR OWN BRAND APPAREL |
POD1000000005_S0000119 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 597.259 | 5.475 | BY THE TIME THE CHANGS GOT TO L A THE KOREAN AMERICAN APPAREL INDUSTRY WAS ALREADY IN FULL SWING |
POD1000000005_S0000120 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 602.734 | 7.163 | THE COUPLE WORKED WITH MANUFACTURERS IN THE JOBBER MARKET TO FILL UP FASHION TWENTY-ONE WITH INEXPENSIVE STYLES THAT COULD BE TURNED OVER QUICKLY |
POD1000000005_S0000122 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 612.084 | 2.95 | MY PRODUCER WHITNEY AND I DECIDED TO SEE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN |
POD1000000005_S0000123 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 615.034 | 5.913 | SO WE TOOK A TRIP TO FIFTY-SIX THIRTY-SEVEN NORTH FIGUEROA STREET AND CRUISED AROUND THE SHOP FOR A BIT |
POD1000000005_S0000125 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 622.872 | 5.725 | THE SIGN ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING STILL READS FASHION TWENTY-ONE AN HOMAGE TO ITS HUMBLE ROOTS |
POD1000000005_S0000126 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 628.597 | 2.362 | BUT IT'S A FOREVER TWENTY-ONE STORE THROUGH AND THROUGH |
POD1000000005_S0000127 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 630.959 | 4.125 | SEE STYLES FROM ONE DOLLAR BODY SUITS |
POD1000000005_S0000129 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 635.459 | 2.225 | BODYSUIT IN THERE FOR EIGHT BUCKS IF YOU WANT |
POD1000000005_S0000130 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 637.684 | 2.912 | I'VE GOT ALL THE BODYSUITS I NEED RIGHT NOW |
POD1000000005_S0000131 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 640.596 | 1.398 | WELL THAT'S DEBATABLE |
POD1000000005_S0000132 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 641.994 | 3.54 | WE POP INSIDE AND IT LOOKS PRETTY CLASSY |
POD1000000005_S0000133 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 645.534 | 2.813 | LIKE MAYBE IT'S MORE FOR ADULTS THAN TEENS |
POD1000000005_S0000134 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 648.347 | 3.674 | WE HEAD TO A RACK OF GRAPHIC TEES AND I'M KIND OF INTO THEM |
POD1000000005_S0000135 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 652.021 | 2.413 | I MEAN I WOULD WANT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WEAR THAT ACTUALLY |
POD1000000005_S0000137 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 654.833 | 0.788 | BAD SHIRT |
POD1000000005_S0000138 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 655.621 | 2.85 | IF THEY HAVE THAT IN LIKE A LARGE I WOULD TOTALLY WEAR THAT |
POD1000000005_S0000139 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 658.471 | 1.763 | CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP |
POD1000000005_S0000140 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 660.234 | 3.412 | WELL IT'S RIGHT THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP |
POD1000000005_S0000141 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 663.646 | 4.225 | ALAS WE LEFT EMPTY-HANDED NO EIGHT DOLLAR BODYSUITS FOR WHITNEY |
POD1000000005_S0000143 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 668.709 | 9 | IF THE FASHION TWENTY-ONE STORE ON FIGUEROA WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE CHANGS BUSINESS WAS IN THE EARLY DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE LITTLE LIFE FOR THEM |
POD1000000005_S0000144 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 677.709 | 3.7 | IN ITS FIRST YEAR THE STORE PULLED IN SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS |
POD1000000005_S0000145 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 681.409 | 3.099 | AND THAT WAS LARGELY THANKS TO OTHER KOREAN IMMIGRANTS |
POD1000000005_S0000146 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 684.508 | 3.85 | BUT THEN AH THEY REALIZED HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS BUSINESS MODEL WAS |
POD1000000005_S0000147 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 688.358 | 1.913 | AND THEY STARTED OPENING NEW STORES |
POD1000000005_S0000148 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 690.271 | 4.362 | THAT'S LUDOVICA CESAREO SHE'S A MARKETING PROFESSOR AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY |
POD1000000005_S0000149 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 694.633 | 10.075 | THEY THEN CHANGED THE NAME TO FOREVER TWENTY-ONE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE SELLING CLOTHES FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE TRENDY OR FRESH OR JUST YOUNG AH MORE GENERALLY |
POD1000000005_S0000150 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 704.708 | 11.338 | THIS BUSINESS MODEL SELLING CHEAP TRENDY CLOTHES THAT COULD BE MANUFACTURED QUICKLY AND TURNED OVER FREQUENTLY SO THE STORES ALWAYS FELT NEW AND FRESH THAT WAS THE CHANGS SECRET WEAPON |
POD1000000005_S0000151 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 716.046 | 8.037 | TODAY WE CALL THIS APPROACH FAST FASHION AND LOTS OF GLOBAL BRANDS DO IT H AND M ZARA AND ASOS TO NAME A FEW |
POD1000000005_S0000152 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 724.083 | 2.45 | BUT FOREVER TWENTY-ONE PERFECTED IT |
POD1000000005_S0000153 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 726.533 | 9.325 | FOR A DEFINITION OF FAST FASHION HERE'S THE WASHINGTON POST FASHION CRITIC I'M SORRY THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING FASHION CRITIC ROBIN GIVHAN |
POD1000000005_S0000154 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 735.858 | 15.924 | I MEAN IT'S GENERALLY CLOTHING THAT IS PRODUCED VERY QUICKLY VERY MUCH LEAPING ON TO A TREND OF THE MOMENT AND NOT MEANT TO LAST |
POD1000000005_S0000155 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 751.782 | 5.1 | UM AH MEANING THE DESIGN IS NOT MEANT TO LAST OR THE CLOTHING IS NOT MEANT TO LAST |
POD1000000005_S0000156 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 756.882 | 20.324 | BOTH THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN A TREND AND A FAD AND ONE THAT IS MOST LIKELY A FLEETING FAD FAST FASHION ALLOWS YOU TO GLOM ON TO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE |
POD1000000005_S0000157 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 777.206 | 3.889 | IT ALLOWS YOU TO GRASP IT FOR MINIMAL COST |
POD1000000005_S0000158 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 781.095 | 2.599 | WEAR IT A FEW TIMES |
POD1000000005_S0000159 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 783.694 | 4.813 | SAVOR THE MOMENT LITERALLY THE MOMENT AND THEN MOVE ON |
POD1000000005_S0000160 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 788.507 | 3.412 | AND FAST FASHION TRADES IN FOMO SAYS CESAREO |
POD1000000005_S0000161 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 791.919 | 9.175 | THERE'S THIS ALMOST FEAR OF MISSING OUT AH THAT IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE STORE AS SOON AS THE SHIPMENT ARRIVES AH YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THAT PRODUCT IN YOUR SIZE |
POD1000000005_S0000162 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 801.094 | 7.288 | AND SO IT CREATES THIS SENSE OF URGENCY BASICALLY IN CONSUMERS TO WANT TO MAKE THEM KEEP COMING BACK AH TO THE STORE |
POD1000000005_S0000163 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 808.382 | 2.762 | THAT AND INSANELY CHEAP PRICES |
POD1000000005_S0000164 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 811.144 | 2.763 | LIKE CLOTHES FOR UNDER TEN DOLLARS A PIECE |
POD1000000005_S0000165 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 813.907 | 7.774 | THIS BUSINESS MODEL PLUS A MANAGEABLE NUMBER OF STORES MEANT THAT THE CHANG'S OPERATION WAS PROFITABLE AND EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY DECENT |
POD1000000005_S0000166 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 821.681 | 3.313 | BUT THE CHANGS WEREN'T INTERESTED IN PRETTY DECENT |
POD1000000005_S0000167 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 824.994 | 3.087 | THEY WERE CHASING THEIR BIG BOLD AMERICAN DREAM |
POD1000000005_S0000168 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 828.081 | 6.488 | I THINK THAT MR CHANG AT LEAST IN THIS PERIOD WHERE HE STARTED EXPANDING INTO DEPARTMENT STORES |
POD1000000005_S0000169 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 834.569 | 7.15 | ALSO THOUGHT THAT FOREVER TWENTY-ONE COULD BE MORE THAN WHERE COLLEGE GIRLS GOT A NEW OUTFIT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT |
POD1000000005_S0000170 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 841.719 | 4.811 | HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THEY COULD BE A PLACE WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY COULD BE OUTFITTED |
POD1000000005_S0000171 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 846.53 | 6.088 | WHERE YOU WOULD REALLY TRUST THIS STORE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LOT OF THE CLOTHING FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE |
POD1000000005_S0000173 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 855.893 | 10.725 | TWELVE MILES FROM THE FIRST FOREVER TWENTY-ONE PROPERTY IS THE BEVERLY CENTER A SPRAWLING SHOPPING MALL THAT ONE ANGELENO TOLD ME IS QUOTE ONE OF THE MOST HATED MALLS IN L A |
POD1000000005_S0000174 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 866.618 | 5.45 | IT'S MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF PRADA FENDI AND BALENCIAGA |
POD1000000005_S0000175 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 872.068 | 8.013 | TUCKED INTO A CORNER ON LEVEL EIGHT IS X X I FOREVER WHICH I GUESS IS FOREVER TWENTY-ONE BUT MAKE IT LUXURY |
POD1000000005_S0000176 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 880.081 | 5.924 | THE STORE OCCUPIES MORE THAN AN ACRE OF REAL ESTATE AND IS NOT MEANT FOR PEOPLE OVER A CERTAIN AGE |
POD1000000005_S0000177 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 886.005 | 5.75 | IT'S BRIGHT AND LOUD AND THE SEEMINGLY NEVER-ENDING SELECTION OF CLOTHES IS DISORIENTING |
POD1000000005_S0000178 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 891.755 | 4.05 | HONESTLY I FELT LIKE I NEEDED A XANAX AND A NAP AFTER WE VISITED |
POD1000000005_S0000179 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 895.805 | 6.4 | BUT THIS WAS WHAT THE CHANGS WERE AFTER THEY WERE PLANTING THEIR FLAG WITH HUGE STORES IN FANCY MALLS |
POD1000000005_S0000180 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 902.205 | 2.788 | THIS WAS THEIR AMERICAN DREAM REALIZED |
POD1000000005_S0000181 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 904.993 | 4.425 | AND THEY BUILT IT LARGELY ON TOP OF THE ASHES OF FALLEN RETAILERS |
POD1000000005_S0000182 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 909.418 | 15.262 | IT WAS REALLY IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS THAT YOU SAW THEM SORT OF BURST ON TO THE NATIONAL SCENE AND THAT REALLY EMERGED WITH THE ACQUISITION OF STORES OWNED BY GADZOOKS |
POD1000000005_S0000183 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 924.68 | 1.287 | DO YOU REMEMBER THAT RETAILER |
POD1000000005_S0000184 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 925.967 | 4.888 | GADZOOKS WAS A TEEN CLOTHING COMPANY WITH HUNDREDS OF STORES AND MALLS ACROSS THE U S |
POD1000000005_S0000185 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 930.855 | 2.412 | IN TWO THOUSAND FOUR IT FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY |
POD1000000005_S0000186 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 933.267 | 8.738 | AND SO THERE'S ALL THESE STORES AND OTHER ASSETS THAT WERE UP FOR PURCHASE AND FOREVER TWENTY-ONE BID ON THOSE SUCCESSFULLY |
POD1000000005_S0000187 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 942.005 | 7.311 | AND WITH THAT THEY REALLY EXPANDED THEIR STORE BASE AND ALSO BECAME A NATIONAL PLAYER IN A WHOLE NEW WAY |
POD1000000005_S0000188 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 949.316 | 4.838 | IN TWO THOUSAND FIVE FOREVER TWENTY-ONE BEGAN A PERIOD OF MIND-BLOWING EXPANSION |
POD1000000005_S0000189 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 954.154 | 7.1 | WHEN MALL CHAINS LIKE MERVYNS AND SEARS AND OTHERS WERE TOPPLING UNDER THEIR OWN WEIGHT FOREVER TWENTY-ONE WAS SNATCHING UP THEIR SCRAPS |
POD1000000005_S0000190 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 961.254 | 6.3 | WHEN THE GLOBAL RECESSION HIT IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT THE CHANGS LOOKED AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH EVEN HARDER |
POD1000000005_S0000191 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 967.554 | 3.86 | NOTHING LIKE HITTING THE GAS WHEN YOUR COMPETITORS ARE SLAMMING INTO THE GUARDRAILS |
POD1000000005_S0000192 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 971.414 | 8.09 | BY TWENTY-ELEVEN FOREVER TWENTY-ONE HAD ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND EMPLOYED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE |
POD1000000005_S0000193 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 979.504 | 4.787 | WITHIN JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT THE COMPANY HAD EXPANDED TO FORTY-SEVEN COUNTRIES |
POD1000000005_S0000194 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 984.291 | 15.05 | SO THAT MEANT THAT TWEENS IN THE PHILIPPINES OR ROMANIA OR MACAO COULD ALL ROCK A BOXY SHIRRED FLOUNCE-CUFF TOP OR LEOPARD DRAWSTRING LOUNGE SHORTS FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A MOVIE TICKET |
POD1000000005_S0000195 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 999.341 | 3.168 | TWENTY-FIFTEEN WAS FOREVER TWENTY-ONE'S PEAK |
POD1000000005_S0000196 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,002.509 | 3.544 | IT DID FOUR POINT FOUR BILLION DOLLARS IN SALES THAT YEAR |
POD1000000005_S0000197 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,006.053 | 8.025 | WHICH MEANS THAT THEY SOLD A HELLUVA LOT OF TEN DOLLAR MINIDRESSES AND BRALETTES AND WHATEVER DOLPHIN SHORTS ARE |
POD1000000005_S0000198 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,014.078 | 7.512 | BUT EVEN THOUGH FOREVER TWENTY-ONE HAD GROWN INTO A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS THE CHANGS RAN IT LIKE A MOM AND POP OPERATION |
POD1000000005_S0000199 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,021.59 | 12.1 | THEY OWNED NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE COMPANY AND HAD NEVER TAKEN ON INVESTORS WHICH MEANT THAT THERE WAS AND I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH NO REAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS THEY HAD TO RUN DECISIONS BY |
POD1000000005_S0000200 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,033.69 | 2.9 | OR AT LEAST NOT IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE |
POD1000000005_S0000201 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,036.59 | 6.112 | THE BOARD CONSISTED OF MR CHANG ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS AND ANOTHER FOREVER TWENTY-ONE EXECUTIVE |
POD1000000005_S0000202 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,042.702 | 10.788 | THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE BUILDING SOMETHING OF AN EMPIRE THEY WERE IN CHARGE MR AND MRS CHANG WERE IN CHARGE AND THEY WERE GOING TO PASS THIS BUSINESS ON TO THEIR DAUGHTERS |
POD1000000005_S0000203 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,053.49 | 3.562 | AND IT WAS ONLY GOING TO GROW AND BECOME BIGGER |
POD1000000005_S0000204 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,057.052 | 5.775 | THE FACT THAT THEY OWNED EVERYTHING ALSO MEANT THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY |
POD1000000005_S0000205 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,062.827 | 2.962 | AND THE FAMILY'S NOT REAL INTO TALKING TO THE PRESS |
POD1000000005_S0000206 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,065.789 | 4.838 | THEY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WOULDN'T TALK TO US FOR THIS STORY THOUGH WE DID REACH OUT |
POD1000000005_S0000207 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,070.627 | 13.337 | WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT MR CHANG OVERSAW BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY WHILE MRS CHANG RAN THE MERCHANDISING SIDE OF THINGS ONE FLOOR BELOW THEIR ADULT DAUGHTERS LINDA AND ESTHER SERVED AS THEIR DEPUTIES |
POD1000000005_S0000208 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,083.964 | 5.3 | THEY KIND OF OVERSAW THEIR OWN FIEFDOMS WITHIN THE FOREVER TWENTY-ONE BUSINESS |
POD1000000005_S0000209 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,089.264 | 18.111 | MR CHANG HAD TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT UM AND WAS INVOLVED WITH THE OPENING OF EVERY NEW STORE WHICH AT THE PACE THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING IS IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY |
POD1000000005_S0000210 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,107.375 | 2.301 | MRS CHANG HAD HER OWN HANDS FULL |
POD1000000005_S0000211 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,109.676 | 9.212 | OVERSEEING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF STYLES AND GARMENTS AND APPROVING EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE THEY APPEARED IN STORES |
POD1000000005_S0000212 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,118.888 | 10.35 | I MEAN IN MANY WAYS IT'S FLABBERGASTING THAT THESE TWO PEOPLE COULD HAVE TAKEN ON THIS AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY ESPECIALLY AT A COMPANY OF THIS SIZE |
POD1000000005_S0000213 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,129.238 | 8.437 | ONE MINUTE THEY'D BE OVERSEEING NEW REAL ESTATE PURCHASES OR CLOTHING DESIGNS AND THE NEXT MINUTE THEY'D BE APPROVING EXPENSES FOR BUSINESS LUNCHES OR UBERS |
POD1000000005_S0000214 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,137.675 | 2.95 | WHICH SEEMS LIKE THE VERY DEFINITION OF MICROMANAGING |
POD1000000005_S0000215 | test/POD1000000005.opus | 1,140.625 | 6.637 | NO BILLIONAIRE C E OS ARE APPROVING TIMESHEETS OR EVEN WHAT BUTTONS OR ZIPPERS SHOULD BE USED ON NEW DESIGNS |
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