when the patent expired, dozens of garment manufacturers began to imitate the original riveted clothing made popular by levi strauss & co.

专利权过期之后，很多制衣厂纷纷开始模仿李维?施特劳斯公司出品的这种广受欢迎的铆钉服装。

levi strauss couldn「t directly control how consumers washed their jeans and when.

李维斯史特劳斯没法直接控制消费者何时并且怎样清洗牛仔裤。

strauss went into business with his two brothers and built levi strauss and co. into a major american company that exists to this day.

施特劳斯和他的两个兄弟一起开办了李维·施特劳斯公司，时至今日，它已经成为了美国的一家大公司。

during the 1980s, because of increasing competition and financial difficulties, levi strauss closed nearly 60 of its u.s. manufacturing plants and began shifting production overseas.

20世纪80年代，由于日益激烈的竞争与财政困难，李维斯公司在美国关闭了将近60家制造厂，开始将生产转移到海外。

carl chiara, director of brand concepts and special projects for levi strauss & co., is among the growing number of jeans enthusiasts who believe in washing them as little as possible.

查拉(carlchiara)是美国利惠公司(levi strauss&co.)品牌理念及特别项目主管。越来越多爱穿牛仔裤的人认为，牛仔裤应该尽可能少洗，查拉就是其中一员。

levi strauss &co., wrangler jeans maker vf corp., j.c. penney co., nike and designer shoe seller steve madden also plan increases.

其他品牌如里维斯、牛仔生产商vf、j.c.penney、耐克及鞋品牌史蒂夫.麦登也正计划提价。

firms like hermès, general motors, levi strauss and coca-cola rigorously tailor products specifically for emerging-market consumers.

像爱马仕、通用汽车、里维斯和可口可乐这样的大公司都严苛的使他们的产品更适合于特别是新兴市场消费的喜好。

the jeans maker levi strauss and hanebrand, which owns the wonderbra brand, have warned of higher prices, while the budget fashion chain h&m has also raised the alarm over rising raw material costs.

牛仔裤制造商levi strauss和hanebrand，它拥有wonderbra品牌，已警告说，价格较高，而预算时装连锁店h&m公司的费用也提出了原材料上涨报警。

the company traces its origin to levi strauss (1829–1902), a bavarian immigrant who arrived in san francisco in 1850 during the gold rush, bringing dry goods for sale to miners.

公司的起源可以追溯到一名叫做李维·施特劳斯(1829–1902)的巴伐利亚人，他在1850年的淘金热时期移民到旧金山，将纺织品卖给矿工。

in 1986 levi strauss &co. introduced in the united states a new line of casual pants called dockers; the brand was released in europe in 1994.

1986年，李维·施特劳斯公司在美国市场推出了dockers品牌休閑裤系列，该品牌1994年进入欧洲销售。

levi strauss and co. is the world」s largest maker of pants, noted especially for its blue denim jeans called levi「s (registered trademark).

李维·施特劳斯公司是全球最大的裤子生产商，尤其以蓝色粗斜纹布为材料的李维斯牛仔裤出名。

even there, brands such as nike, adidas, levi strauss and the local peter england have started to appear.

就算是在这样的城市，耐克(nike)、阿迪达斯(adidas)、李维斯(levi strauss)以及印度本土的peterengland等品牌也开始现身市场。

levi strauss & company is one of the world」s leading brand-name apparel marketers with sales across the world.

李维斯公司是一家世界领先的品牌服装，他们家的产品销售于世界各地。

a study by levi strauss showed that air-drying jeans can cut carbon emissions over their life cycle by 90 percent (kg co2e = kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent). credit: levi strauss

李维斯的一个研究显示风干牛仔裤在他的生命周期这段时间能够减少百分之九十的碳排放量。

u. s. jeans maker levi strauss & co. denied it was playing on consumer fears by launching a line of trousers fitted with anti-radiationpockets for mobile phones.

美国牛仔裤制造商李维-斯特劳斯公司否认它推出一系列配有「防（手机）辐射」口袋的裤子的做法是在利用消费者的恐惧心理。

levi strauss sent its iconic 501 jeans through several life-cycle analyses, including the one developed for the greenhouse gas protocol initiative.

李维史特劳斯让他的501牛仔裤图标经历了数次生命轮回分析，包括为温室气体拟定主动权设计的那款。

levi strauss created the first blue jeans as work pants for gold mine workers in san francisco.

当年利瓦伊·特劳劳动保护创制了第一条牛仔裤作为旧金山金矿工人的工作服。

levi strauss has introduced a pay-as-you-wear model for its most fashionable jeans in india to preserve their upmarket status while broadening its customer base.

里维斯集团在印度为其多数的时髦牛仔裤引入「我的裤子我做主」模式，以此保证公司在印度的高档地位，扩大消费基础。

we hope you are as excited as we are about this opportunity to help levi strauss & co. stay on top of what's hot, cool, upbeat, and clever.

我们希望您的兴奋，因为我们这个机会，协助利维斯公司留在什么炎热，冷静，乐观，和聪明的顶端。

carl chiara, director of brand concepts and special projects for levi strauss & co. , is among the growing number of jeans enthusiasts who believe in washing them as little as possible.

carlchiara先生是levi strauss公司的品牌理念及特别项目的负责人，也是那些日益增长的崇尚尽量少洗牛仔的牛仔狂热者之一。