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company's Hong Kong office into a special economic zone in China. Mow made it clear that he wanted to enter the Chinese market and set a goal of establishing 1,000 retail outlets in the country. By 1997, Bugle Boy had annual sales of over $ 1 billion, including licensee sales. It employed 2,200 people, including 400 people in California. Bugle Boy products were sold in more than 7,000 retail stores, as well as in Bugle Boy's own discount outlets. By 1998, Bugle Boy was expanding into China.
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By 1991, Bugle Boy had broadened its strategy to appeal to young women, adults and children. Bugle Boy's sales increased from less than $ 10 million during the early 1980s to almost $ 190 million in 1987, and approximately $ 1 billion in the early 1990s including licensees. In 1996 Mow relocated the
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Mow married twice and has four children, two from each marriage. He was first married to Margarita Lee Ling Mow for 19 years, and they had two daughters, Genevieve Mow and Kathy Mow-McCarthy. His second marriage is to Rosa Wang Mow, and they have two children, a daughter named Hillary Mow and a son
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and later formed Century West Development Inc. As CEO and chairman of the board, he led the development of many real estate projects in the greater Los Angeles area and across the country. Another brother, Donald Mow, worked for several architectural firms in New York City and was involved in the
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named Jason Mow. Mow also has four grandchildren from his marriage to Margarita Mow: Samuel Goodman, Clara McCarthy, Maggie McCarthy, and Kellan McCarthy and two grandchildren from his marriage to Rosa Mow: Valentina Willa Mow Cervieri and Carolina Sofia Mow Cervieri.
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government in Taiwan. He fled to Mexico, leaving his family behind in the US. Forced to leave diplomatic housing in Washington, DC. William, his mother and four brothers settled in
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construction of the TWA terminal at JFK airport, before opening his own architectural design firm in Pleasantville, New York. His two younger brothers made careers in academia.
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In 1976, Mow began exploring wholesale and retail clothing sales. He started Buckaroo International Inc., a boutique store, in 1977. In September 1980, Mow renamed the company
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Central Executive Committee and eventually became a national government representative in the United States Aviation Committee and the United Nations Security Council.
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In 2001, Bugle Boy fell on hard times and closed all 215 of its United States outlet stores in an agreement with United States bankruptcy court. The store at
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as a program manager before forming his first business in 1969. It was a computer-controlled instrumentation firm called
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remained open to sell off remaining inventory. Eventually, the company was sold for $ 68.8 million to
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In 1949 his wife, Wong Ay Chuan, and five of his six sons moved to the US to join General Mow in
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of the National Chinese Air Force. In May 1945, Pang Tsu was appointed as a member of the Sixth
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and Value City Department Stores. As of 2015, the Bugle Boy brand is no longer in use.
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He received the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from
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Industries and narrowed its focus to jeans and casual pants (
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