There are five customer segments – Kids, Teens, Lady, Shapewear and Panty Zone – each of
which is run by a separate team. The teams have a lot of autonomy and decide what to do. We
have put our good merchandisers in positions of responsibility in these teams. There are two in
each of these teams and they are the key managers. Each team has its own design, purchasing
and marketing staff, pattern makers and fitting team. We have increased the job scope for
individuals and teams so that there is less downtime. Within each of the five segments, we have
sub-teams for different brands and sub-brands. Previously we had 17 different teams. We have
reduced this by combining some of the brands that were not doing so well, so now there are
groups of brands under each team.