HanesBrands

HanesBrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI) is a clothing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[1] It employs 50,000 people internationally. [1] On September 6, 2006 the company was spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation.

HanesBrands owns several clothing brands, which are Hanes (its largest brand), Champion (its second largest brand), Playtex (its third largest brand), Bali, Just My Size, Barely There, Wonderbra, L’eggs, C9 by Champion, Duofold, Beefy-T, Outer Banks, Sol y Oro, Rinbros, Zorba and Ritmo.

HanesBrands also operates and owns around 250 L'eggs Hanes Bali Playtex Factory Outlets or HanesBrands Stores across the US. They are a chain of outlet stores that offer discounts. HanesBrands Flagship store is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and opened in summer 2008. This store is the largest store and offers all of HanesBrands brands. HanesBrands has recently started opening Champion Outlet Stores in addition to their HanesBrands Stores. Currently there are 20 Champion stores open.^[2]

HanesBrands has companies in various parts of Europe and Eastern Europe, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France and Spain.

Sales revenue for 2010 was $4.33 Billion and gross profit was $1.41 billion (source: Form 10-k)

HanesBrands has been recognized for work that it has done for the environment, including "green" buildings. [2] They have also been recognized for the work they have done in communities, such as the support of schools in Honduras.^[3]

The company's two main competitors are Fruit of the Loom and Jockey International.

In 2011 wikileaks revealed that the corporation had previously lobbied the State Department to raise Haiti's minimum-wage to $0.61 an hour from $0.31 cents an hour.^[4]

References

• 2 Augstums, Ieva (2006-12-26). "Pantyhose makers suffering sales snag". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/164552. Retrieved 2007-01-03. 

External links

• Official site
• All brands