Peek Kids made children's clothing with an adult eye for detail - then discovered that a beloved brand, 21 stores and nearly $29 million in sales could still add up to a losing business. Its second life explains the difference between growing a company and preserving what customers actually came for.
DXL built a national retail business around a deceptively hard problem: a bigger size is not the same thing as a better fit. Now its stores, private labels and body-scanning technology are turning that lesson into an operating system for an overlooked menswear market.