Spreading the bar code gospel. (Roger Milliken, bar coding on apparel) (Technology and Operations supplement)

From: WWD | Date: September 4, 1986| Author: Baker, Rob | Copyright information

SPREADING THE BAR CODE GOSPEL

As chairman and chief executive officer of Milliken & Co., one of the country's leading textile mills, Roger Milliken may come from the other end of the apparel pipeline, but he knows a good deal for retailers when he sees one --which might have something to do with the fact that he's also on the board of Mercantile Stores Co., Inc.

Also chairman of the pro-American-apparel promotional organization, Crafted With Pride in U.S.A. Cou...

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