Textile Insight

14 • Textile Insight ~ May/June 2018 textileinsight.com IN THE MARKET | INDUSTRY STATS The Top 16 Apparel Brands Active Apparel Companies Are on a Growth Path. By Bob McGee Company 2017 Revenue in US$M Growth Year-over-Year Notes 1 VF Corp. $6,469 +6.5% Outdoor Action Coalition plus Imagewear, excluding Vans. 2 Nike $4,874 +.01% U.S. sales for 12 months ended Nov. 30, 2017. 3 Under Armour $2,735 +2.0% Approx. 53 percent of apparel fabric comes from five suppliers in Taiwan, Malaysia or Mexico. 4 Gildan $2,383 +5.7% Aquired American Apparel out of bankruptcy auction for $88 million. 5 Levi's $2,206 +7.7% Global sales amount to $4,904 million. 6 Lululemon $1,907 +10.5% Works with 47 vendors to manufacture products. Five accounted for 64 percent of FY17 production. 7 Adidas $1,758 +17.0% Training is category's engine; 80 percent of apparel has 60 days or less production lead times. 8 Hanes Brands $1,700 +46.2% Activewear only; Acquired Alternative Apparel for $62 million in Oct. 2017. 9 Columbia Sportswear $1189 +17.3% U.S. apparel estimate. 10 Patagonia $800 +12.2% Global estimate. $700-$720 million said to be generated in North America. 11 Puma $756 +13.6% Americas' apparel sales; Global apparel sales are $1,624 million. 12 Perry Ellis $723 +0.7% U.S. apparel sales: men's sportswear, swimwear + accessories $622M; women's sportswear $100.8M. 13 Delta Apparel $385 -7.7% Sold Junk Food brand in Mar. 2017 for $27.9 million. 14 Billabong $334 -0.9% In CY17, figure represents America's total sales. Global revenues were $722.5 million. 15 Amer Sports Arc'teryx $130 +8.3% Global total $525.5 million versus $478.5 million in 2016. 16 Canada Goose $123 +20.6% Global sales for the 12 months ending 12/31/17 were $399M, or $517M Canadian. he largest U.S. apparel companies are continuing to grow, in great extent through expanded international distribution and acquisitions. In 2017, three of the Top 10 made purchases, led by VF Corp.'s $820 million acquisition of family-owned, workwear company Williamson- Dickie. Rivals Gildan and Hanesbrands made bolt-on deals with their respective plays for American Apparel and Alternative Apparel. Only one company on our list, Delta Apparel, divested an apparel business last year. And only one, Billabong, was preparing to be acquired via its now completed merger with Quiksilver parent, Boardriders Inc., to create a firm with a portfolio of action sport/ lifestyle apparel brands. Sales figures reported in currency other than U.S. dollars were converted at average rate for the particular currency in 2017. U.S. sales are used wherever possible. In some cases, Americas' total sales is represented. O T

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