Clothier Wilkes Bashford to lay off 18 workers
Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Slumping sales have led Bashford to let 18 of his 97 employees go.
Wilkes Bashford, the Sutter Street clothier who set the style for a generation of San Francisco's movers and shakers, has become the victim of the town's latest fashion trend - layoffs.
"Things are tight, there is no question about it," Bashford said Tuesday before heading out to his daily lunch at Le Central, where he frequently dines with his best customer, Willie Brown.
Can't say we didn't see the layoffs coming. Bashford, whose stores in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mill Valley and Carmel specialize in suits that run as high as $4,000, sent out a letter to shoppers in October offering a $300 discount on purchases of $800.
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Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Slumping sales have led Bashford to let 18 of his 97 employees go.
Wilkes Bashford, the Sutter Street clothier who set the style for a generation of San Francisco's movers and shakers, has become the victim of the town's latest fashion trend - layoffs.
"Things are tight, there is no question about it," Bashford said Tuesday before heading out to his daily lunch at Le Central, where he frequently dines with his best customer, Willie Brown.
Can't say we didn't see the layoffs coming. Bashford, whose stores in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mill Valley and Carmel specialize in suits that run as high as $4,000, sent out a letter to shoppers in October offering a $300 discount on purchases of $800.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MEP0.DTL&tsp=1
