Kellwood - Fashion Company Profile
Kellwood Company is the City of Industry, California apparel manufacturer founded in 1961 from the merger of fifteen Sears soft goods suppliers - a design-first builder of women's, juniors' and girls' brands, privately held since 2008 and owned since December 2016 by a Hong Kong investor group.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - a private apparel manufacturer and brand builder for women's, juniors' and girls' apparel
- Type
- Private - acquired by an unnamed Hong Kong investor group in December 2016; previously owned by Sun Capital Partners from February 2008
- Headquarters
- City of Industry, California, United States
- Founded
- 1961, in the merger of 15 independent soft goods suppliers to Sears, Roebuck and Co.; the name combines the surnames of Sears executives Charles Kellstadt and Robert E. Wood
Company Profile
As an apparel manufacturer and private label supplier selling through retail partners, Kellwood carries no Amazon/eBay shop box here - its own site, linked above, is the destination. Kellwood was a public company until Sun Capital Partners took it private in February 2008; Sun Capital sold it in December 2016 to an unnamed Hong Kong investor group, and David Falwell returned as chief executive. The earlier record - the white-space design method, the nine-brand portfolio of its period and the New York showrooms and Kellwood West headquarters - is kept in full on the history page, with its photograph.
The brands live, historical descriptions say, in both brick and mortar and online retail venues across all channels nationwide. From Juniors and Young Contemporary to Modern Missy and Dresses, Kellwood provides expertise across the women's fashion marketplace, and its diverse portfolio of women's, junior's and girls' apparel covers a wide range of demographics and price points that enable it to keep pace with the ever-changing fashion industry. The portfolio is the strategy made visible: many brands, each aimed at a defined customer, rather than one label stretched across every age and price.
Kellwood 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- its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Kellwood History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who owns Kellwood now?
A Hong Kong investor group, which acquired Kellwood from Sun Capital Partners in December 2016 for an undisclosed amount.
When and how was Kellwood founded?
In 1961, through the merger of 15 independent suppliers of soft goods to Sears, Roebuck and Co.; the name derives from Sears executives Charles H. Kellstadt and Robert E. Wood.
What does Kellwood make?
Women's, juniors' and girls' apparel under owned and licensed brands, plus private label programs for retail partners, designed and sourced from its City of Industry headquarters and New York showrooms.
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