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The Abercrombie Guys: 2. Who is Mike Jeffries?

2023/10/2
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旁白: 本集播客深入调查了 Abercrombie & Fitch 前CEO Mike Jeffries 的生平,揭露了他任职期间的争议行为,以及围绕着他豪宅发生的秘密事件。调查者试图通过采访前员工和相关人员,还原事件真相,并对 Mike Jeffries 的行为进行分析和评价。 Katie Hurtet: 作为 Mike Jeffries 的前助理,Katie 详细描述了 Mike Jeffries 的工作作风和生活习惯,并对 Mike Jeffries 的性格和行为模式进行了评价。她揭露了 Mike Jeffries 的迷信行为和对品牌的极致追求,以及他与 Matthew Smith 的关系。 Carl Swanson: 作为 Abercrombie & Fitch 的前模特和员工,Carl Swanson 提供了对 Mike Jeffries 和公司内部文化的观察,并证实了 Mike Jeffries 雇佣大量年轻男性模特作为家务人员的情况。 Tom: 一位不愿透露姓名的人(化名 Tom),讲述了他在 Mike Jeffries 豪宅工作的经历,揭露了每周六工作人员会被要求离开豪宅一段时间,以及豪宅内发生的秘密事件。他描述了 Mike Jeffries 的强迫症行为和对豪宅的严格要求。 旁白: 通过对多位知情人士的采访和调查,本集播客揭露了 Mike Jeffries 的争议言论、种族歧视指控以及他豪宅内发生的秘密事件。这些事件反映了 Mike Jeffries 的复杂性格和行为模式,以及他所领导的 Abercrombie & Fitch 公司的内幕。调查者还分析了人们对谈论 Mike Jeffries 相关事件的恐惧心理,以及 Mike Jeffries 的权势和财富对其行为的影响。 Katie Hurtet: Katie 详细描述了 Mike Jeffries 的工作作风和生活习惯,并对 Mike Jeffries 的性格和行为模式进行了评价。她揭露了 Mike Jeffries 的迷信行为和对品牌的极致追求,以及他与 Matthew Smith 的关系,以及公司内部的“努力工作,尽情玩乐”的文化。 Carl Swanson: Carl Swanson 提供了对 Mike Jeffries 和公司内部文化的观察,并证实了 Mike Jeffries 雇佣大量年轻男性模特作为家务人员的情况,以及这些家务人员的性格和行为模式。 Tom: Tom 讲述了他在 Mike Jeffries 豪宅工作的经历,揭露了每周六工作人员会被要求离开豪宅一段时间,以及豪宅内发生的秘密事件。他描述了 Mike Jeffries 的强迫症行为和对豪宅的严格要求,以及他对此事件的疑惑和恐惧。

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He made Abercrombie and Fitch a millennial megabrand, marketing "sexy clothes on sexy people”, as one former colleague of Mike Jeffries put it.

At home he had model-like men washing his cars and staff to chauffeur his dogs around. But what else was going on at his Hamptons mansion? “There was something about it that was strange,” according to a former staffer, “why wouldn’t anyone talk about it?” Rianna decides to investigate.

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World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is presented and investigated by Rianna Croxford Series Producers: Ruth Evans and Alys Harte Senior Producer: Emma Close Development Producer: Hannah Livingston Investigation Editor: Ed Campbell Podcast Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Executive Editor: Emma Rippon Studio Engineers: Neil Churchill, Andy Fell, Gareth Jones, and Ali Rezakhani Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Executive: Louise Kattenhorn Assistant Commissioner: Natasha Johansson

Archive: CBS: Sharon Chin report (9th May 2013) Warner Bros: Ellen DeGeneres - (May 2013) BBC: Sophie Hutchison news report (24th Jun 2009) BBC: Hugh Schofield news report (26 July 2013) International Business Times: A&F Company outlook (24th May 2013) Bloomberg: Report on Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries to Step Down (9th Dec 2014) Bloomberg: Jeffrey Hayzlett joins Trish Ragen and Adam Johnson on Bloomberg's Street Smart (9th Mar 2013) NBC: Report on ‘half-naked models’ (30/11/2002) Fox News: The O’Reilly Factor Report on Abercrombie & Fitch marketing (1st Dec 2015) BBC: BBC 4- Love Thy Neighbour (14th Oct 2008)

This podcast is made in collaboration with BBC Panorama.

If you are in the UK, you can watch Panorama: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool on BBC iPlayer now, or on BBC Select if you are in the in the US.

World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is a BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.