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Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler are an American business couple. They are the founders of Banana Republic, a clothing and accessory retailer. Alongside William Rosenzweig, they co-founded The Republic of Tea. They eventually sold both companies. Interview with Mel Ziegler.
The brand grew quickly, propelled by the popular 1981 move Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Zieglers abruptly resigned in 1988. By then, the business had 1110 stores and annual sales of a quarter of a billion dollars. The relationship between the Zieglers and Don Fisher, founder of Gap Inc, deteriorated when the Zieglers wanted to publish a travel magazine and began selling it in their stores.
In October 2000, the Zieglers launched an apparel company named ZoZa, influenced by Zen.
Their eldest son, Zio Ziegler, is a large-scale metal sculptor, painter, and .. The couple published a 2012 memoir titled Wild Company, The Untold Story of Banana Republic.
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The Zieglers moved to the foothills of Mount Tamalpais above Mill Valley and renovated a 1929 house in a project that cost an estimated $2 million.
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