Gass Tag

Michelle Gass has placed on the trucker jacket — and it appears to be wearing in nicely. The previous chief executive officer of Kohl’s Corp. landed at Levi Strauss & Co. as president in January. And now that she’s accomplished her first leg as CEO-to-be, Gass is able to step back out into the highlight, talking to WWD in her first interview since taking the high-profile post.  It’s been a whirlwind few months with trips from the Levi’s homebase in San Francisco to Barcelona, Paris and London as she gets to know the corporate from the within while also overseeing the flagship brand in addition to digital and business operations.    Gass has been working closely with Levi’s CEO Chip Bergh, who she described...