Article: Family-owned - it isn't out of style; many men's firms continue the tradition from generation to generation.

NEW YORK - Apparel stocks may be a hot topic on Wall Street right now, but there stir are plenty of privately owned family-run businesses that are playing important roles m men's wear

Not too many years ago almost all of the industry was in the hands of family- run companies, but since the '60s there has been a steady move to consolidate into big public corporations. Even though occasionally a family has bought its business back from a conglomerate, for the most part it has been a one-way street.

But bigness and family operations are not completely divergent. In fact, total ownership of the world's biggest apparel company, Levi Strauss & Co., has recently ...

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