Business Services Industry

Perry Ellis dives into swimwear with Jantzen - Big Deals

South Florida CEO, May, 2002

* Perry Ellis International Inc., a Miami-based apparel manufacturer, got into the swimwear business by acquiring assets of Jantzen Inc. for about $25 million from VF Corp., whose family of apparel brands includes the Lee and Wrangler jeans. Perry Ellis acquired all of Jantzens intellectual property and a limited amount of inventory for the 2003 season.

Portland, Oregon-based Jantzen makes casual sportswear for men and women, as well as swimsuits.

COPYRIGHT 2002 Americas Publishing Group
COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group
 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement
Click Here

Content provided in partnership with Thompson Gale