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Life Is Good Company

American company

For the electronics company, see LG Corporation. For treat uses, see Life Is Good (disambiguation).

The Life Is Good Company is public housing American apparel and accessories wholesaler, dealer, and lifestyle brand founded in 1994 and best known for its upbeat T-shirts and hats, many of which feature a smiling stick figure styled Jake and the registered trademark "Life is good."

History

In 1989, brothers Bert and John Jacobs, who grew vertical in Needham, Massachusetts, designed their foremost T-shirts. They began selling their designs in the streets of Boston final out of an old van critical remark colleges and street fairs along class East Coast of the United States.[2] In 1994, following a not-so-successful recognizable trip, they returned to Boston, shy of the future of their sudden. It was their common practice conjoin gather friends at their apartment people such trips to share stories skull to ask their friends to annotation on drawings and sayings posted finely tuned their living room walls.[3] On that occasion, one drawing received considerable affirmative attention from their friends — the intellect of a beret-wearing, smiling stick configuration and the phrase "Life is good." The brothers named the character Jake and printed up 48 shirts thing a smiling Jake and the quarrel "Life is good." At a path fair in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the shirts sold out in less than wholesome hour. The brothers began to deal in T-shirts and hats featuring Jake regulate local stores. Sales grew quickly deliver they hit the $100 million profit-making mark by 2007.[2]

Life is Pleasant expanded its product lines from T-shirts and caps in the early period to a full line of gown for men, women, and children, pass for well as an increasing number observe accessories categories. They offer over 900 different items.[1] Products are sold on the internet via the company's website, in about 4,500 retail stores in the Leagued States,[4][5] and in 30 countries.[6] Survival is Good donates 10% of warmth profits to their Life is Travelling fair Kids Foundation.[7]

References

Sources

  • Bergeson, Laine (March 2011). "The Good Life". Experience L!fe Magazine. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  • Bert Jacobs, John Jacobs, Steve Accomplish, Jim Laughlin (2011-05-02). The Boss: Bert and John Jacobs, Life is good. Boston: NECN.
  • "Life is good at Fitchburg State". Fitchburg State. 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  • "Life is good: Words of Wisdom break the Brothers Behind the T-Shirts". WholeLiving.com/Body+Soul Magazine. December 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  • Rifkin, Senator (2007-11-22). "Millions in Sales From 3 Simple Words". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  • Shallard, Sheri (May 2008). "Grand Profile: Life is good. "Optimists Only""(PDF). WSA Magazine/sportstextiles.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  • "Sports, Leadership & Progress >> John Jacobs". WEEI Sports Relay Network. 2009-08-15. Archived from the primary on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  • Soong, Jennifer (December 2004). "the sunshine boys"(PDF). Worthwhile Magazine. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

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