American Apparel
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American Apparel
American Apparel, Inc. |
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Type | Public (AMEX: APP) |
Industry | Garment manufacturer |
Founded | Montreal, Quebec |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Area served | United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
United Kingdom
Ireland
Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Sweden
Spain
Italy
Israel
Japan
South Korea
China
Australia |
Key people | Dov Charney, President and CEO
Marty Bailey, President of Manufacturing
Adrian Kowalewski, CFO
Glenn Weinman, General Counsel[1] |
Products | Clothing |
Revenue | US$558 million (2009)[2] |
Net income | $1.11 million (2009)[2] |
Employees | 10,000 (2008)[3] |
Website | www.americanapparel.com |
American Apparel (AMEX: APP) is the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States.[4] It is a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that also performs its own design, advertising, and marketing. It is best-known for making basic cotton knitwear such as T-shirts and underwear, but in recent years it has expanded—to include leggings, leotards, tank tops, vintage clothing, dresses, pants, denim, nail polish, bedding and accessories for men, women, children, babies and dogs.
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[edit] Company formation and growth
Shopper at a Los Angeles store
American Apparel was founded in 1989 by Canadian Dov Charney, who had a long history with T-shirts and a fascination with American culture. It was during Charney's freshman year at Tufts University that the company took on the name "American Apparel" and began to experiment with screenprinting, importation and other parts of the apparel business.[5] In 1997 after a variety of iterations, including a period of manufacturing in South Carolina, the company moved to Los Angeles. Charney began to sub-contract sewing with Sam Lim who, at the time, had a shop with 50 workers under the Interstate 10 freeway in east LA. Months later the two became partners.[6] In 2000...
American Apparel
American Apparel, Inc. |
|
Type | Public (AMEX: APP) |
Industry | Garment manufacturer |
Founded | Montreal, Quebec |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Area served | United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
United Kingdom
Ireland
Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Austria
Sweden
Spain
Italy
Israel
Japan
South Korea
China
Australia |
Key people | Dov Charney, President and CEO
Marty Bailey, President of Manufacturing
Adrian Kowalewski, CFO
Glenn Weinman, General Counsel[1] |
Products | Clothing |
Revenue | US$558 million (2009)[2] |
Net income | $1.11 million (2009)[2] |
Employees | 10,000 (2008)[3] |
Website | www.americanapparel.com |
American Apparel (AMEX: APP) is the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States.[4] It is a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that also performs its own design, advertising, and marketing. It is best-known for making basic cotton knitwear such as T-shirts and underwear, but in recent years it has expanded—to include leggings, leotards, tank tops, vintage clothing, dresses, pants, denim, nail polish, bedding and accessories for men, women, children, babies and dogs.
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[edit] Company formation and growth
Shopper at a Los Angeles store
American Apparel was founded in 1989 by Canadian Dov Charney, who had a long history with T-shirts and a fascination with American culture. It was during Charney's freshman year at Tufts University that the company took on the name "American Apparel" and began to experiment with screenprinting, importation and other parts of the apparel business.[5] In 1997 after a variety of iterations, including a period of manufacturing in South Carolina, the company moved to Los Angeles. Charney began to sub-contract sewing with Sam Lim who, at the time, had a shop with 50 workers under the Interstate 10 freeway in east LA. Months later the two became partners.[6] In 2000...