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Peruvian Connection Ltd. is a retailer of high-end women’s clothing and accessories. Originally started as a mail-order catalog, the company also sells online and through six retail stores. == History == Peruvian Connection was founded in 1976 by the mother and daughter team of Biddy and Annie Hurlbut. The impetus for the company grew out of trips Annie Hurlbut took to Peru. It was there that she bought a fitted sweater with an alpaca fur-lined collar for her mother’s 50th birthday. Biddy later showed the sweater to a local buyer, who wanted 45 more.〔Gaynair, Gillian: ("Mail-order sweater biz finds cozy home in D.C.," ) Washington Business Journal, 2007-10-12, retrieved on 2008-01-07.〕 The business grew slowly but steadily until a style writer from The New York Times did an interview with Annie for what would turn out to be a quarter-page article in the paper's Style section. Within three months, Peruvian Connection had 5,000 requests for a catalog. With continued growth in the late 1980s, Hurlbut and her mother opened outlet stores to sell excess inventory. Peruvian Connection now has retail stores in Washington, D.C.; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Kansas City, Missouri; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois and London, England. A United Kingdom fulfillment center was opened in 1996 to serve customers in the United Kingdom and Europe. Today, the company has about 200 employees in the United States, South America and the U.K. Peruvian Connection catalogs are printed in English with prices in dollars or pounds sterling, and in German with pricing in Euros. European orders are fulfilled through the United Kingdom branch, with call center operators speaking English or German. Peruvian Connection is among Working Woman magazine's Working Women 500, a list of the largest women-run businesses,〔("Local owners make national list of largest women-run businesses," ) Kansas City Business Journal, 2001-06-05, retrieved on 2008-01-07.〕 and is ranked among Internet Retailer’s Top 500 online retailers.〔("Internet Retailer's Top 500 Guide 2007 Edition," ) Internet Retailer, Summer 2007, retrieved on 2008-01-07.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peruvian Connection」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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