| Hanesbrands Inc., a consumer goods company, engages in the design, manufacture, sourcing, and sale of apparel essentials for men, women, and children in the United States and internationally. Its product portfolio includes t-shirts, bras, panties, mens and kids underwear, socks, hosiery, casualwear, activewear, socks, and hosiery. The company offers its products under the Hanes, Champion, C9 by Champion, Playtex, Bali, Leggs, Just My Size, barely there, Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros, and Duofold brand names. Hanesbrands also licenses its Champion brand name for collegiate apparel and footwear. The company sells its products through various distribution channels, including mass merchants, national chains and department stores, direct to consumers, and other retail channels, such as embellishers, specialty retailers, warehouse clubs, and sporting goods stores. As of January 3, 2009, it operated 213 outlet stores. The company is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hanesbrands Inc. operates independently of Sara Lee Corp. as of September 5, 2006. |