CRANSTON, R.I.-Pamene U.S. Akuluakulu a Olimpiki adatsutsidwa chifukwa choveka timu yaku America muzovala zomwe zidapangidwa ku China pamwambo wotsegulira, kachidutswa kakang'ono ka yunifolomu ya timuyi idapangidwa ku Rhode Island ndi kampani yomwe ikulimbikitsanso makampani opanga zodzikongoletsera omwe analipo kale m'boma. Alex ndi Ani wochokera ku Cranston. anasankhidwa ndi U.S. Komiti ya Olimpiki kuti ipange zithumwa za Masewera a London a 2012. Ndichizindikiro chaposachedwa cha kupambana kwa kampaniyo, yomwe yachoka ku ntchito yaying'ono yopanga ndi antchito a 15 ndi sitolo ku Newport kupita ku dynamo yachuma yokhala ndi masitolo 16 m'dziko lonselo. Ndi nkhani yachipambano yazachuma m'boma lomwe lili ndi ulova wa 10.9 peresenti, wachiwiri kwapamwamba kwambiri m'dzikolo. "Mutha kuchita bizinesi ku Rhode Island," adatero mwiniwake komanso wojambula Carolyn Rafaelian. "Mutha kuchita bwino m'chigawo cha Rhode Island. Mutha kupanga zinthu pano. Ndi za chikondi, kuthandiza dera lanu. Sindinathe kunena zinthu zimenezo ndi kupanga zinthu zanga ku China." Alex ndi Ani amapanga zithumwa zamitundumitundu, mabangele amikanda ndi zodzikongoletsera zina, zotsika mtengo kuposa $50. Zambiri zimakhala ndi zizindikiro zochokera ku zodiac, milungu kuchokera ku nthano zachi Greek, kapena logos kuchokera kumagulu a Major League Baseball. Zogulitsazo zimapangidwa ku Rhode Island pogwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zobwezerezedwanso.Chithumwa cha Olimpiki chatsimikizika kuti ndi chopambana, ndi wosambira mendulo ya siliva Elizabeth Beisel, mwiniwake wa Rhode Islander, akulemba kuti "adakondwera kwambiri ndi chithumwa cha Alex ndi Ani" chomwe adapeza. mu thumba lake yunifolomu.Boma linali kamodzi kunyumba kwa mazana a makampani kuti churned ma brooches ambiri, mapini, mphete, ndolo ndi mikanda kuti kwa zaka zambiri Rhode Island ankadziwika kuti likulu la mafakitale zodzikongoletsera zovala. Pofika kumapeto kwa 1989, Rhode Island inapanga 80 peresenti ya zodzikongoletsera zopangidwa ku U.S.; ntchito zodzikongoletsera ankaimira 40 peresenti ya boma fakitale employment.Those ntchito zambiri zatha tsopano, ndipo akuluakulu chitukuko zachuma akuyembekeza kusintha Providence wakale Jewelry District kukhala likulu la makampani biotechnology. Koma ngakhale zoyesayesazo sizinapindulebe, Alex ndi Ani apeza zodziwikiratu m'cholowa chaboma." Ali ndi zodzikongoletsera zopangidwa mwaluso, zotsika mtengo komanso njira yabwino yotsatsa," atero a Patrick Conley, wolemba mbiri wa boma. wopambana komanso pulofesa wakale wa mbiri yakale ku Providence College yemwe adaphunzirapo kale za kupanga boma. "Zikuyenda mosiyana ndi zomwe tawona ku Rhode Island. Iwo akulimbana ndi zomwe zikuchitika. ” Alex ndi Ani adayamba kutchuka kwambiri pamakampani opanga zodzikongoletsera. Bambo ake a Rafaelian, a Ralph, adayendetsa chomera chomwe chinapanga zodzikongoletsera zotsika mtengo ku Cranston. Rafaelian ankagwira ntchito yophunzira mu bizinesi ya banja ndipo mwamsanga anaphunzira kuti ali ndi luso lopanga mapangidwe. Posakhalitsa anayamba kugulitsa zidutswa m’masitolo akuluakulu ku New York.” Ndinapita kufakitale ndipo ndinaganiza kuti ndingopanga chilichonse chimene ndingafune kuvala,” anatero Rafaelian. "Ndinangoyenera kuchita izi kuti ndisangalale, mpaka tsiku lomwe ndinatembenuka ndikuwona ogwira ntchito pafakitale akugwira ntchito pazinthu zanga." Mu 2004 Alex ndi Ani adakhazikitsidwa, omwe adatchedwa ana aakazi awiri oyambirira a Rafaelian. Rafaelian adati kupambana kwa kampani yake kumayendetsedwa ndi chiyembekezo komanso moyo wauzimu. Malo ogulitsira atsopano amatsegulidwa pamasiku omwe asankhidwa kuti akhale ofunikira pakukhulupirira nyenyezi. Makhiristo amaikidwa m'makoma a masitolo, ndi m'madesiki ku likulu la kampani.CEO Giovanni Feroce, wopuma pantchito wa U.S. Mkulu wa asilikali yemwe anaphunzira zamalonda pa Sukulu ya Wharton ya yunivesite ya Pennsylvania, samakayikira njira ya Rafaelian yosagwirizana ndi bizinesi. Kupatula pa zithumwa ndi zibangili za Olimpiki Alex ndi Ani alinso ndi chilolezo ndi Major League Baseball kuti apange mabangle amawaya okhala ndi zipika zatimu. Kampaniyo ilinso ndi ziphaso zamalayisensi ndi Kentucky Derby ndi Disney. Chaka chino chokha, Alex ndi Ani anatsegula masitolo atsopano ku New Jersey, Colorado, New York, California, Maryland, New Hampshire, Connecticut ndi Rhode Island. Kampaniyo idasamukiranso kumadera ena abizinesi, kugula malo opangira mphesa zam'deralo ndikutsegula malo ogulitsira khofi ku Providence. Mu June Rafaelian anasankhidwa kukhala Ernst & Young's New England entrepreneur of the year mu gulu la ogula katundu.Mazana a malo ogulitsa odziimira -- kuyambira ma boutique ang'onoang'ono mpaka masitolo akuluakulu monga Nordstrom's ndi Bloomingdales -- tsopano amanyamula zodzikongoletsera. Ashley's Distinctive Jewelry and Gifts in Windsor, Conn., anayamba kugulitsa malonda a Alex ndi Ani chaka chino." Mtengo wake ndi wabwino kwambiri," anatero Carissa Fusco yemwe ndi sitolo. “Anthu amaona ngati ali ndi chuma ngati akufuna kudzigulira pang’ono ndiye kuti sakuphwanya banki. Amatsindika mphamvu zabwino. Anthu ngati amenewo.
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