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HanesBrands

 
Hoover's Profile: Hanesbrands Inc.
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Hanesbrands Inc.
1000 E. Hanes Mill Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
NC Tel. 336-519-4400

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.hanesbrands.com
Employees: 45,200
Employee growth: (5.0%)

Hanesbrands can't wait until it gets its Hanes on you. It makes bras, boxers, hosiery, socks, and other unmentionables under top-brand names, including Bali, Champion, Barely There, Just My Size, Hanes, L'eggs, Playtex, and Wonderbra. Its bras are tops in the US; its underwear, legwear, and activewear units are leaders, as well. The company, which sells its products through stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Kohl's, also makes legwear under license for Donna Karan and DKNY and underwear for Polo Ralph Lauren. Former parent Sara Lee spun off the division in September 2006. During the years since the spinoff, Hanesbrands has been shuttering plants and eliminating up to 5,300 jobs or some 10% of its workforce.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $4,248.8M
One year growth: (5.0%)
Net income: $127.2M
Income growth: 0.8%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Richard A. (Rich) Noll
President, Global Supply Chain and Asia Business Development: Gerald W. Evans Jr.
EVP and CFO: E. Lee Wyatt Jr.

Competitors:
Fruit of the Loom
Limited Brands
Maidenform

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Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSEHBI) is a clothing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina which employs 50,000 people internationally. [1] On September 6, 2006 they were 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 good 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.[1]

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

Hanesbrands posted a gross profit of $1.38 billion for fiscal year ending January 3, 2009, down from a gross profit of $1.44 billion for 2007. Sales revenue for 2008 was $4.2 Billion, down from from $4.5 Billion in 2007 (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 has done in communities, such as the support of schools in Honduras.[citation needed]

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

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