Harold's Builds Market Around Private Label Products

From: The Journal Record | Date: July 18, 1992| Author: Max Nichols | Copyright information

Harold Powell was looking for a way to provide private label merchandise for his Harold's Stores during the 1960s, when he cooperated with other firms to buy fabric semiclusively.

As Harold's of Norman grew to a publicly owned chain of 17 stores with sales exceeding $40 million a year, Powell developed exclusive private label products. The firm buys a "painting" (a fabric design) in a specific color exclusively and has the fabric made into items that fit Harold's conservative loo...

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