Gildan - Fashion Company Profile

Gildan is the Montreal basics giant - Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX/NYSE: GIL), founded in 1984, a vertically integrated maker of T-shirts, fleece, sport shirts, underwear, socks and hosiery under brands including Gildan, Gold Toe, Anvil, Comfort Colors, American Apparel and Alstyle.

Company Snapshot

Status
Operating - a vertically integrated manufacturer and marketer of branded basic family apparel, sold into printwear and retail markets worldwide
Type
Public - Gildan Activewear Inc., TSX: GIL and NYSE: GIL
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded
1984, by Glenn Chamandy and Greg Chamandy
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Company Profile

The record below - the full brand portfolio, the printwear and retail market structure, the factory regions and the employee figure of its filing, with its 2017 brand board photograph - is kept in full on the history page. Current ranges and distributor terms are on Gildan's own site, linked above; the shop box covers Gildan products sold through Amazon and eBay.

Two primary markets organise the selling. In printwear markets the company distributes across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America - the channel that supplies decorators and printers, which is why this page's routes include blank T-shirt wholesalers and corporate apparel pages. In retail markets it sells to a broad spectrum of retailers primarily in the U.S. and Canada, and also manufactures for select leading global athletic and lifestyle consumer brands. The same factories, in other words, feed both a blank tee bound for a screen printer and a branded sock bound for a department store shelf.

Gildan 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- its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.

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Common Questions

What products does Gildan make?

Branded basic family apparel including T-shirts, fleece, sport shirts, underwear, socks, hosiery and shapewear, in the historical record.

Which brands does Gildan own, per its filing?

Gildan, Gold Toe, Anvil, Comfort Colors, American Apparel, Alstyle, Secret, Silks, Kushyfoot, Secret Silky, Peds, MediPeds and Therapy Plus, among its company-owned brands.

Where are Gildan's factories and how many people does it employ?

Vertically-integrated large-scale facilities primarily in Central America, the Caribbean Basin, North America and Bangladesh, with over 48,000 employees worldwide, in the historical record.

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