But after World War II many of the competing automobile manufacturers disappeared — and with them the check on the competitiveness of GM's wholly owned accessory divisions.
Also, with the unionization of the automobile industry in 1936-37, thighigh labor costs of automobile assembly plants were imposed on General Motors' accessory divisions, putting them at a cost disadvantage over nonunionized independent suppliers.
She is a senior assistant buyer in the fashion accessories division at Bloomingdale's in New York.
He had bumped into Matt Rubinger, who heads Heritage's luxury-accessories division, and brought him along to our meeting.
Mrs. Skolnick, 31, is a business planning director in the accessories division at Liz Claiborne, the Manhattan apparel maker.
Mopar, the parts and accessories division serving Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, SRT, Ram and Fiat, introduced perhaps the largest factory-backed assortment of vehicles.
Two's Company sells more than 400 new products a year, executives say, but its strongest sales growth lately has come from its six-year-old Tozai home accessories division, which over the past year grew 30percentt.
Berges, 45, turned around the company's aerospace engine systems and accessories division, but his new job may be even tougher.
In recent years he added a footwear division (16% of sales), which produces shoes for soccer, football and basketball, and an "accessories" division (4% of sales), which makes football and baseball gloves, as well as baseball chest protectors and hats.
