Cricket Lee

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Cricket Lee (born March 17, 1953 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American entrepreneur and inventor notable for created a clothes fitting standard called Fitlogic, designed to include size and three body types for US women, and founding the company Fit Technologies to market the standard. [1] [2]

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  1. Zimmerman, Ann (2008). "Cricket Lee Takes On the Fashion Industry". No. March 17. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. "An Entrepreneurial Journey of Being First to Market: A Case Study". Forbes .

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Zimmerman, Ann (17 March 2008), "Cricket Lee takes on the fashion industry", The Wall Street Journal, New York, USA, pp. R1–R4