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HanesBrands wins trademark infringement case in China

2021-01-06T16:49:00Z

HanesBrands, the parent company of Champion and other brands, has announced that it has received a favorable judgment from the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court in a trademark infringement lawsuit involving its Champion brand in China. The six Chinese defendants were Hurricane, Chengda, Rainbow Wing, Fuxun, Yunma and Wu Zhanghao. The ...

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Champion’s parent company unveils new strategies

2020-11-06T17:54:00Z

Hanesbrands, the parent company of Champion USA, is about to take a new direction. After releasing mixed results for the third quarter, the group’s new chief executive, Stephen Bratspies, said it is conducting an in-depth review of its business to develop a growth strategy better tailored to the post-pandemic world, ...

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Champion launches collection for gamers

2020-09-02T09:37:00Z

Champion is introducing a new Gamer Collection for e-sports players, or “gamers.” The collection comprises sweatshirts, available as both pullovers and zip-ups, and pants. The sweatshirts feature oversized hoods, specially designed to cover people wearing headsets. The sleeves are also designed for gamers, with a rib cut that helps prevent ...

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Champion's Nordic office moves to Stockholm

2020-08-13T17:46:00Z

Champion’s head office and showroom for the Nordic countries is moving to the center of Stockholm from its logistics hub at Tyresö. The move follows the appointment a year ago of Klas Ottoson as head of Northern European operations. The former Ralph Lauren executive took the place then of Ralph ...

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Hanesbrands Q2 sales are almost flat from last year, despite the pandemic

2020-08-03T06:56:00Z

Hanesbrands, the parent company of Champion and other apparel brands, posted revenues of $1.74 billion in the second quarter ended June 27, only slightly down from $1.76 billion in the second quarter a year ago, despite market disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic. Excluding sales of $119 million from the now ...

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Hanesbrands’ results are affected by coronavirus, but protective equipment brings new business

2020-05-05T17:47:00Z

Hanesbrands, the parent company of Champion, said that its results for the first quarter ended on March 28 were disrupted by the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, with an unprecedented drop in sales and profit in the last two weeks of the quarter. Quarterly sales of $1.32 billion represented a ...

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Amazon will sell C9 Champion globally

2020-03-14T05:19:00Z

Champion’s more affordable C9 Champion line will be available for the first time globally through a dedicated store on the marketplace of Amazon, which has agreed to take the place of the American Target chain of mass market stores. The line sold on Amazon, which reached annual sales of about ...

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Champion’s sales rise by 40%

2020-02-11T21:17:00Z

Thanks to an expanded product range and wider distribution, Champion’s global sales rose by 40 percent to $1.9 billion in the financial year ended on Dec. 28 excluding the brand’s mass market operations in the U.S., which have been terminated.