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Tollycraft was founded in 1936 as a wooden boat builder by Robert Merland Tollefson (better known as Tolly). In 1962 the company switched to building its boats from fiberglass. Tollefson sold the company in 1987, and it was bankrupt by 1993. Although it attempted to resume operations, the company went out of business in 1997.
Crocodile International was founded in 1947 in British Singapore by Tan Hian Tsin. [1] Tan is an immigrant from Swatow, China whose family has been involved in the garment trade including the manufacturing of knitting machines. [2] Crocodile would open its first factory in British Hong Kong in 1953. By 2016, the fashion brand has 3,000 outlets ...
Surplus products from VF sources including Berkshire International and Vanity Fair were sold to the public from a 5,000 square foot factory store, with only a drop cloth separating it from the company's manufacturing facility. [33] In doing so, VF Corporation created a brand-new retail industry, the outlet mall.
LVMH sold Donna Karan International, with the 'Donna Karan' and 'DKNY' brands, to the G-III Apparel Group in 2016 for $650 million. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] G-III, based in New York City , is a manufacturer and distributor of clothing and accessories under their owned brands, licensed brands, and private label brands.
Narumiya International (jp: 株式会社ナルミヤ・インターナショナル) is a Japanese limited company headquartered in Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. The firm manufactures and distributes textiles and specializes in children's clothing .
The International Clothing Workers' Federation (IGWF) was a global union federation representing workers involved in making and repairing clothes. History
In 1998, Woolrich provided the clothing used in the film The Horse Whisperer. [5] In 2007, the company's long-time president and CEO, Roswell Brayton, Jr., died after collapsing at the Woolrich headquarters. He was a sixth generation member of the Rich family and joined the company in 1977 and became president in 1996 and CEO the next year. [17]
The federation traced its history to 1901, when the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Textile Workers was established at a meeting in Düsseldorf. The organisation ceased to operate during World War I, but was revived in 1921. [2] By 1935, it had affiliates in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland. [3]