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Jeremy Moon, Icebreaker

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The Merino wool clothing company Icebreaker was the first New Zealand company to be studied by the Harvard Business School in the US. Watch how Icebreaker’s founder, Jeremy Moon, used media opportunities and internet technology to promote and sell his product in 2005.

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Mark Derby, Knowledge-based industries – Creative industries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/21748/jeremy-moon-icebreaker (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 1 March 2010.