Champion (sportswear)

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Champion USA
Type Subsidiary
Industry Textile
Founded 1919 (1919)
Headquarters Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Number of locations 34 stores [1]
Area served North America, Europe
Products Clothing, Sportswear, Footwear
Parent HanesBrands Inc.
Website www.championusa.com

Champion or alternatively also stylized as Champion U.S.A is an American manufacturer of clothing, specializing in sportswear. The brand is a subsidiary of HanesBrands Inc. (based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), which was spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation.

Champion is HanesBrands' second largest brand with the namesake Hanes brand in first place. Other brands owned by HanesBrands Inc. are 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.

Champion produced uniforms for National Basketball Association teams during the 1990s. It has also produced sportswear for many major colleges.[2]

From 2008, Champion produced kits for Premier League side, Wigan Athletic, the Wales national football team and the jersey of the Greek basketball team.,[3] also Pallacanestro Cantù, in Italy.

Champion supplied the athletic uniforms for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2001 Notre Dame signed a 5 year exclusive agreement with Adidas, which ended a partnership Champion had with the university that spanned over 50 years.[4]

Sponsorships

Champion has manufactured and provided kit uniforms for the following teams:

Current sponsorships

Basketball

National Teams

Club teams

Lacrosse

Volleyball

Past sponsorships

Basketball

Football

Volley

Merchandising licensed manufacturer

The following is a list of the products made by the company in the licensed sports business:

Replica Jerseys

  • Canada United States NBA - all teams (-2000)
  • United States NFL - all teams (1999-2000)

References

  1. ↑ List of Champion stores
  2. ↑ Abraham and William Feinbloom, Champion Products, Inc.
  3. ↑ Champion presents the new Greek national basketball team jersey
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Champion listed as sponsor at the Federazione Italiana de Pallacanestro website, retrieved 14 March 2013

External links

HanesBrands
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