| Perry Ellis International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in designing, sourcing, marketing, and licensing men and women apparel products in the United States and internationally. Its menswear offerings include casual sportswear and bottoms, dress shirts and pants, jeans wear, golf apparel, sweaters, sports apparel, swimwear and swim accessories, active wear, outerwear, and leather accessories. The companys womens wear offerings comprise dresses, sportswear, swimwear, and swim accessories. Perry Ellis International offers its products under the Perry Ellis, Axis, Tricots St. Raphael, Jantzen, John Henry, Cubavera, the Havanera Co., Natural Issue, Munsingwear, Grand Slam, Original Penguin, Mondo di Marco, Redsand, Pro Player, Manhattan, Axist, Savane, Farah, Gotcha, Girl Star, MCD, Laundry by Shelli Segal, and C&C California brand names. It also licenses the Nike brand for swimwear and swimwear accessories; the JAG brand for mens and womens swimwear and cover-ups; and the PGA TOUR, including Champions Tour for golf apparel, as well as acts as a master licensee for PING golf apparel and for Dockers for outerwear. The company distributes its products through department stores, national and regional chain stores, mass merchants, specialty stores, sporting goods stores, green grass golf shops, and the corporate wear market, as well as through clubs and independent retailers. As of March 1, 2008, it operated 40 Perry Ellis retail outlet stores located primarily in upscale retail outlet malls in the United States, and 5 Original Penguin retail stores located in upscale demographic markets. The company was founded as Supreme International Corporation in 1967 and changed its name to Perry Ellis International, Inc. in 1999. Perry Ellis International is based in Miami, Florida. |