Delta Apparel - Fashion Company Profile
Delta Apparel was the Georgia-based maker of blank and decorated activewear - the Delta, Soffe, Junkfood and To The Game businesses described in the record below. On June 30, 2024 the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware; Salt Life was sold out of the case to Iconix International and Hilco that September, and the company's remaining inventory was liquidated, ending Delta Apparel as an operating business.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Closed - Delta Apparel filed Chapter 11 on June 30, 2024; its Salt Life brand was sold to Iconix International and Hilco in September 2024, the Soffe business was sold separately, and the remaining inventory was liquidated
- Type
- Was public - NYSE American: DLA
- Headquarters
- Duluth, Georgia, United States (at the time of the filing)
- Founded
- 1999, as Delta Apparel, Inc. (the underlying apparel businesses are far older)
Company Profile
This page is therefore a historical profile: the two-segment business, its acquisitions and its manufacturing scale are kept in full on the history page, with the 2024 bankruptcy and brand sales stated here so the older present-tense descriptions are not mistaken for the company today. Delta Apparel is not the same company as Delta Galil, filed separately in this letter - a distinction both companies' filings insist on.
The identifying facts are stated together: incorporated in Georgia in 1999, principal executive offices at 322 South Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601, telephone 864-232-5200, common stock trading on the NYSE Alternext US under the symbol DLA. Two cautions belong at the top of this page, insisted on in both directions: Delta Apparel is NOT the same company as Delta Galil, the Israeli private-label manufacturer filed next to it in this letter - the resemblance is a shared first word, nothing more, and each profile carries the other's cross-reference so the two are never confused. The sections below follow the same structure: the two business segments, the dated acquisitions, and the manufacturing footprint as recorded for 2009.
Delta Apparel History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Delta Apparel History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What does Delta Apparel make, and through what segments?
Branded and private label activewear and headwear in two segments: Activewear (Delta Pro Weight, Delta Magnum Weight, Quail Hollow and FunTees private label knits, sold largely to screen printers) and Retail-Ready (Soffe, Intensity Athletics, Junk Food and The Game and Kudzu headwear), in the historical record.
Is Delta Apparel the same company as Delta Galil?
No. Both filings state it explicitly: Delta Apparel is the Greenville, South Carolina company incorporated in Georgia in 1999 (symbol DLA as recorded); Delta Galil is the separate Israeli global manufacturer founded in 1975. Each profile in this letter cross-references the other.
Where does Delta Apparel manufacture, and how large was it as recorded?
Fabric knitted, dyed and finished in Maiden, North Carolina and at Ceiba Textiles near San Pedro Sula, Honduras (700,000 pounds per week capacity as recorded for 2009); sewing in North Carolina, El Salvador, Mexico and Honduras; approximately 6,500 employees and over 18,000 customers, with WRAP certification for its Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico sewing plants, in the historical record.
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