Company
Gildan Activewear Inc.
Headquarters: Montreal, QC, Canada
Founded: 1984
Employees: 48,000
CEO: Mr. Glenn J. Chamandy
Market Cap
C$7.45 Billion
CAD as of Jan. 1, 2024
US$5.63 Billion
Gildan Activewear Inc. Categories
Canada Consumer Discretionary Apparel ManufacturingCanada Consumer Discretionary Canada Apparel Manufacturing
Company Description
Gildan Activewear Inc. manufactures and sells clothing and various apparel products in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Providing activewear and sports shirts products under the Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Comfort Colors, American Apparel, Anvil by Gildan, Alstyle, Prim + Preux, and GoldToe brands, it is also involved in unbranded, custom-designed clothing. Besides Gildan Activewear also distributes various branded and private label apparel products, underwear, and accessories.
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Detailed Description
Gildan Activewear Inc. manufactures and sells various apparel products in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It provides various activewear products, including T-shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, and sport shirts under the Gildan, Gildan Performance, Gildan Hammer, Comfort Colors, American Apparel, Anvil by Gildan, Alstyle, Prim + Preux, and GoldToe brands. The company also offers hosiery products comprising athletic; dress; and casual, liner, therapeutic, and workwear socks, as well as sheer panty hoses, tights, and leggings under the brands of Gildan, Under Armour, GoldToe, PowerSox, GT a GoldToe Brand, Silver Toe, Signature Gold by Goldtoe, Peds, MediPeds, Kushyfoot, Therapy Plus, All Pro, Secret, Silks, Secret Silky, and American Apparel. In addition, it provides men's and boys' underwear products, and ladies panties under the Gildan and Gildan Platinum brand names; and ladies' shapewear, intimates, and accessories under the Secret and Secret Silky brands. The company sells its products to wholesale distributors, screen printers, or embellishers, as well as to retailers and consumer brand companies. The company was formerly known as Textiles Gildan Inc. and changed its name to Gildan Activewear Inc. in March 1995. Gildan Activewear Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
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Stocks & Indices
Gildan Activewear Inc. has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: TSX: GIL wb_incandescent
Stock: NYSE: GIL wb_incandescent
Stock: FSX: VGA wb_incandescent
Key People
Founder(s): Glenn Chamandy, Greg Chamandy
Glenn J. Chamandy (CEO), Rhodri J. Harries (CFO)
Financials
Revenue: US$ 1.98 billion (FY 2020)
Operating income: US$ -180.2 million (FY 2020)
Net income: US$ -225.3 million (FY 2020)
Total assets: US$ 3.02 billion (FY 2020)
Total equity: US$ 1.56 billion (FY 2020)