(NewsNation) – Lowo owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu se-Abercrombie & Fitch uMike Jeffries wayenomlando omude wokuziphatha okunezinkinga kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwebhodi ngaphambi kokuba abekwe amacala ambalwa okushushumbisa ucansi ngoLwesibili.
UJeffries, 80, owashiya i-Abercrombie ngo-2014, waziwa kakhulu ngokusebenza kwakhe enkampanini yokudayisa, eyaduma ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990 kanye nawo-2000 ngaphambi kokuphahlazeka ngenxa yokuthengisa okubi kanye negagasi lezingxabano ngaphansi kwe-CEO yangaphambili.
Lowo owake waba yinhloko, umlingani wakhe uMatthew Smith, 61, kanye nesisebenzi sabo uJames Jacobson, 71, baboshwe ngoLwesibili ngamacala okuheha abesilisa emaphathini ocansi, kwesinye isikhathi bezenza ukumodela kwa-Abercrombie.
Laba bobathathu babhekene namacala okushushumbisa ucansi kanye nokudayisa ngomzimba okubandakanya abamangaleli abangu-15 abangadalulwanga besebenzisa isimo sikaJeffries, ingcebo kanye nezisebenzi ezizimele.
Ummeli Wase-United States Wesifunda Esisempumalanga YaseNew York U-Breon Peace uchaze lolu hlelo njengemodeli “yesofa lokuphonsa” lapho amadoda ayenethemba lokuvezwa esikhangisweni se-Abercrombie abe eseshushumbiswa khona.
Ummeli kaJeffries, uBrian Bieber, utshele i-Associated Press ukuthi “uzophendula ngokuningiliziwe ngezinsolo ngemuva kokuthi icala selivuliwe, nalapho kufanele, kodwa ahlele ukukwenza enkantolo – hhayi kwabezindaba.”
Ubani uMike Jeffries?
UJeffries wakhulela eLos Angeles, lapho uyise ayenezitolo eziningi zephathi ngaphambi kokungena ezitolo ngawo-1980s, kubika Isaluni.
Waba yi-CEO ye-Abercrombie & Fitch ngo-1992 futhi ngokushesha wakwazi ukuqamba kabusha inkampani kusukela kumthengisi odonsa kanzima wezingubo zokuzingela kuya kumthengisi wezingubo zentsha okufanele ube nazo ezihlanganisa lokho abaningi abakubiza ngokuthi izithombe ezithinta ucansi kakhulu zamamodeli asemancane.
Lo mkhiqizo uzoqukatha amamodeli amancane agqoke izingubo ezimpintshayo emzamweni wokuheha lokho uJeffries akubiza ngokuthi izingane “ezipholile”.
“Siqasha abantu ababukekayo ezitolo zethu. Ngoba abantu ababukekayo baheha abanye abantu ababukekayo, futhi sifuna ukumaketha ukuze abantu abapholile nababukekayo,” kusho uJeffries. kusho mayelana nomkhiqizo. “Asimakethi omunye umuntu ngaphandle kwalokho.”
Umbono wakhe wathola amaphuzu ngentsha eyabona uhlobo njengesifiso ngeminyaka yawo-1990s nasekuqaleni kwawo-2000, okuholele ekuvulweni kwezitolo ze-Abercrombie emhlabeni wonke.
Ngo-2006, imali etholwayo yase yenyukele kumakota aqondile angama-52, inzuzo yonyaka idlula amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili, I-NPR kubika.
UJeffries wazuza cishe izigidi ezingu-25 zamaRandi “ngebhonasi yokuhlala” yezigidi ezingu-6 zamaRandi ngo-2004. I-Salon ibike ukuthi wayephinde wazifaka engozini yokuba ngomunye wama-CEO ayekhokha kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.
Kodwa impumelelo yashabalala futhi ukuthengiswa kwehle phakathi kwenqwaba yamacala nezingxabano ezizungeze umkhiqizo kanye noJeffries maphakathi nawo-2000s, kubika I-Wall Street Journal.
Ngesikhathi sezinkinga zezimali ngo-2007, uJeffries wenqaba ukwehlisa amanani noma ukunikeza izaphulelo ezitolo ze-Abercrombie naphezu kokwehla kwezinombolo.
Ngenkathi ukuthengiswa kuphinde kwabuya cishe ngo-2011, uhlobo lwalungasenamsebenzi nentsha eyayinomuzwa wokuthi uhlobo luhlukanisa abaningi babo ngemiyalezo yalo engafakwanga futhi manje selunenqwaba yemikhiqizo emisha okufanele luphendukele kuyo.
Ngesikhathi uJeffries eshiya ngo-2014, i-hedge fund yayiphushe ibhodi lenkampani ukuthi lingene esikhundleni sakhe ngenxa yokusebenza kahle kwenkampani. UJeffries ushiye nephakethe lomhlalaphansi lenani elilinganiselwa ku-$25 million, kubika i BBC.
Izingxabano namacala
UJeffries uhehe inqwaba yezingxabano njenge-CEO ye-Abercrombie ngamazwi ambalwa angenaluzwela mayelana nesisekelo sakhe samakhasimende esifanele.
Wayengenawo amahloni lapho ethi izingubo kwakungahloselwe ukuba zihlanganise wonke umuntu.
“Sifuna ukumaketha ukuze abantu abapholile, ababukekayo,” esho Isaluni. “Asimakethi omunye umuntu ngaphandle kwalokho. Ngokusobala, silandela izingane ezipholile. Silandela ingane ekhangayo yonke yaseMelika enesimo esihle sengqondo nabangane abaningi. Abantu abaningi abafuni, futhi angeke bangaba khona.
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi izinkampani ezimaketha kuwo wonke umuntu, okuhlanganisa nabantu “abancane, abadala, abakhuluphele, abanomzimba omncane,” “zingama-vanilla ngokuphelele.”
UJeffries uphinde waphawula mayelana nokuthi intsha egqoke kabi kangakanani ezikhangisweni zenkampani, okuhlanganisa namagama-ncazo athi “Ucansi Lweqembu,” inempilo, kubika i-NPR.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi esikumelayo ngokocansi kunempilo. Kuyadlala. Akumnyama. Akwehlisi isithunzi,” etshela iSalon.
Ukuphawula kwakhe kwathola ukuhlehla emaqenjini amaningana, futhi izinqubomgomo zenkampani yakhe zaba yizihloko zamacala amaningi.
Ngo-2003, abasebenzi abamnyama, baseLatino nabaseMelika base-Asia bafaka izicelo icala lesenzo sekilasi ngokumelene nenkampani, abathi abafake izicelo abambalwa badangele ukuthi bafake izicelo noma bagcinwe emehlweni omphakathi ezikhundleni ezingathandeki, kubika i-NPR. Le nkampani ikuphikile ukwenza okubi futhi kamuva yakhokhela u-$40 million.
Ngo-2023, imodeli yangaphambili ye-Abercrombie yafaka icala lombango ngokumelene nomthengisi wemfashini kanye noJeffries, ethi yayivumela lowo owayeyi-CEO ukuthi aphathe inhlangano eshushumbisa abantu ngocansi ngesikhathi sakhe seminyaka engama-22.
“UJeffries wayebaluleke kakhulu ekwenzeni inzuzo yomkhiqizo kangangokuthi wanikezwa inkululeko ephelele yokwenza indima yakhe njenge-CEO nokho akubona kufanele, okuhlanganisa nokusetshenziswa okusobala kokushushumbiswa kocansi kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwabantu ababezoba amamodeli e-Abercrombie,” icala lifakwe nguDavid. Kusolwa uBradberry.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ummeli kaJeffries utshele i-NPR ukuthi lowo owayeyi-CEO akazange aphawule ngalezi zinsolo.
Obani abanye abantu ababili abamangalelwe noJeffries?
Umlingani kaJeffries, uMatthew Smith, nesisebenzi sabo, uJames Jacobson, nabo bayathinteka ekubekweni kwamacala ngoLwesibili.
Ngokusho kwecala, uSmith noJacobsen babengabasebenzi benhlangano kaJeffries, iJeffries Family Office, eyasungulwa ukuze ilawule iholo kanye nempahla yalowo owayeyi-CEO.
Kuncane okwaziwayo ngoSmith, kodwa wayenezinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle kwenkampani uJeffries ngemuva kokuba abasebenzi bakwa-Abercrombie bebize lowo owayeyi-CEO ngokunikeza umlingani wakhe indima ephakeme enkampanini nakuba wayengesona isisebenzi, I-Buzzfeed kubikwe ngo-2013.
USmith wayebambe iqhaza ezindabeni ezinkulu nezincane, okuhlanganisa nokusebenza njengomthetho we-“Workstation Standards” kaJeffries, futhi wayenikezwe imvume yokufinyelela emibhalweni engekho esidlangalaleni yenkampani, kubika isitolo.
UJeffries noSmith basolwa ngokuqasha uJacobson ukuthi aqashe izinsizwa ezinethemba lokuzenzela umsebenzi wokumodela ezizophoqwa noma ziphoqwe ukuthi zenze ucansi emicimbini ephethwe nguJeffries noSmith, ngokusho kwecala.
UJacobson uphinde asolwe ngokushaya amanye amadoda ayewabuthile.
Uboshwe eWisconsin, kwathi uJeffries noSmith baboshwa eWest Palm Beach, eFlorida.
UJeffries noJacobson bazovela enkantolo ngoLwesihlanu e-Central Islip, eLong Island, phambi kweJaji leMantshi yaseMelika uSteven L. Tiscione.
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