Clothing

Lacoste Corporate Office

René Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in 1933 with André Gillier, the owner and president of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at the time. These partners began to produce a revolutionary tennis shirt that Lacoste had designed and worn on the tennis courts with a crocodile logo embroidered on the chest. Starting in the 1950s, Izod produced clothing called Izod Lacoste for sale in the U.S. This partnership ended in 1993 when Lacoste regained exclusive U.S. rights to distribute shirts under its own brand. In 1977, Le Tigre Clothing was founded in an attempt to directly compete with Lacoste in the US market, selling a similar array of clothing, but featuring a tiger in place of the signature Lacoste crocodile.

In June 2007, the company began its first e-commerce site online. In 2016, Lacoste opened a flagship store in Budapest.

The company has been involved in a long-standing dispute regarding its logo with Hong Kong-based sportswear company Crocodile Garments. At the time, Lacoste used a crocodile logo that faced right (registered in France in 1933) while Crocodile used one that faced left (registered in various Asian countries in the 1940s and 1950s). Lacoste tried to block an application from Crocodile to register its logo in China during the 1990s, the dispute ended in a settlement, with Crocodile agreeing to change its logo, which now sports scalier skin, bigger eyes and a tail that rises vertically.

Lacoste has expanded from selling clothing to include a wide variety of consumer items, including perfume, sunglasses, shoes, and watches.

In 2019, the company opened a new concept store in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Headquarters for the Lacoste USA branch are located in New York, New York.

Lacoste

In June 2007, the company began its first e-commerce site online. In 2016, Lacoste opened a flagship store in Budapest.

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Lacoste has expanded from selling clothing to include a wide variety of consumer items, including perfume, sunglasses, shoes, and watches.

In 2019, the company opened a new concept store in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Headquarters for the Lacoste USA branch are located in New York, New York.

Adidas Corporate Office

After his return from WWI, Adolf Dassler and his brother Rudolf began making shoes for sporting events out of his mother’s laundry room in 1924. With electricity being unreliable, the brothers often had to pedal a bicycle to generate electricity for their equipment.

Dassler was the innovator of modern spiked shoes for sporting events, removing the heavy metal spikes in favor of rubber and canvas. He convinced Jesse Owens to wear his shoes for the 1936 summer Olympics and after winning 4 gold medals, the reputation of Dassler’s shoes became famous worldwide.

The brothers had a falling out in 1947, with Rudolf forming what would become Puma brand and Adolf forming Adidas. Although it is a popular urban legend that the name is an acronym for All Day I Dream About Sports, the name was actually formed from “Adi” (a nickname for Adolf) and “Das” (from “Dassler”).

Today, Adidas is one of the most well-known brands of sporting apparel, equipment, and shoes in the world. The company also owns Reebok, Runtastic, and Matix. The company sponsors numerous sporting events and hires athletes such as Lionel Messi to promote their clothing and shoe line.

With Nike having controversy swirling around the company over spokesperson Colin Kaepernick, Adidas appears to be benefitting from this, with sales up more than 17.6% compared to Nike’s 6.8%.

Company headquarters for the USA are located in Portland, Oregon.

Adidas

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With Nike having controversy swirling around the company over spokesperson Colin Kaepernick, Adidas appears to be benefitting from this, with sales up more than 17.6% compared to Nike’s 6.8%.

Company headquarters for the USA are located in Portland, Oregon.

Diesel Corporate Office

At the age of 15, Renzo Rosso was using his mother’s sewing machine to sew jeans for himself and friends in Molvena, Italy. In 1976, he began working for a clothing manufacturer owned by Andriano Goldschmied. After working there for several years, Rosso obtained a loan from his father to purchase a 40% stake in the company. He changed the name to Diesel and began manufacturing jeans.

Rosso bought out Goldschmied’s interest in the Diesel brand name in 1985 for US $500,000, becoming the sole owner of the company. By 1991, Diesel branded, Italian made jeans were being sold in American stores. By 1998, The Wall Street Journal called Diesel jeans “the label of the moment.”

Rosso began acquiring fashion companies in 2002. In 2005, on his 50th birthday, Rosso released a limited edition book entitled “Fifty”, which features an illustrated history of the company.

At its peak in 2010, the company had more than 400 stores, with half of them being franchises, and in 2012, Rosso made the Forbes billionaire list for the first time.

In March 2019, Diesel USA filed for bankruptcy. The company has stated that they have no plans to sell or close out the company, but they did close 28 locations. Diesel currently has 340 locations in the US.

Diesel’s Red Tag X jeans recently made Mashable’s list of the Worst Jean Trends of 2019.

American headquarters for the brand are located in New York, New York.

Diesel

History

Rosso began acquiring fashion companies in 2002. In 2005, on his 50th birthday, Rosso released a limited edition book entitled “Fifty”, which features an illustrated history of the company.

At its peak in 2010, the company had more than 400 stores, with half of them being franchises, and in 2012, Rosso made the Forbes billionaire list for the first time.

Diesel’s Red Tag X jeans recently made Mashable’s list of the Worst Jean Trends of 2019.

American headquarters for the brand are located in New York, New York.

MTailor.Com Corporate Office

Bit Body, Inc., doing business as MTailor, was founded in 2012 by Miles Penn. The company offers tailor-made clothing using an app and a smartphone camera, to create a custom fit, tailored wardrobe for less than custom made clothing from brick and mortar retailers.

The company claims that the app is 20% more accurate than a physical tailor and that they offer 10,000 different combinations of suits and shirts.

Penn appeared on the popular television show Shark Tank in 2016, and was described by host Mark Cuban as “possibly the most arrogant person we’ve had on the show.” Unable to reach an agreement, Penn left the show disappointed but felt he did the right thing in turning down their offers.

MTailor began offering dress shirts for men but now offers a wide range of clothing options for both men and women.

Company headquarters are located in San Francisco, California.

MTailor

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The company claims that the app is 20% more accurate than a physical tailor and that they offer 10,000 different combinations of suits and shirts.

MTailor began offering dress shirts for men but now offers a wide range of clothing options for both men and women.

Company headquarters are located in San Francisco, California.

Bombas Socks Corporate Office

In 2011, when co-founder David Heath read that the #1 most requested item at homeless shelters wasn’t jackets, blankets, or even shoes but socks, he knew that he was going to make a difference.

Heath and friend Randy Goldberg designed specially fitted socks with anti-blister tabs and honeycomb arch support. They began selling their socks online, but when they appeared on the television show Shark Tank in 2014, they received $200,000 in exchange for a 17% share from Daymond John.

Since their appearance on Shark Tank, sales have skyrocketed. In 2018, Bombas sales hit the $100 million mark. The company offers a buy one donate one program where the company donates one pair of socks for every pair purchased. As of early 2018, the company says they’ve donated 7 million pairs of socks.

While a 12 pack of women’s ankle socks can hit a hefty $145, people are buying them left and right.

All socks come with a 100% money back guarantee if you don’t like the socks or if they don’t perform the way you expected.

Bombas states that business is booming, despite the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Company headquarters are located in New York, New York.

Bombas

In 2011, when co-founder David Heath read that the #1 most requested item at homeless shelters wasn’t jackets, blankets, or even shoes but socks, he knew that he was going to make a difference.

History

While a 12 pack of women’s ankle socks can hit a hefty $145, people are buying them left and right.

All socks come with a 100% money back guarantee if you don’t like the socks or if they don’t perform the way you expected.

Bombas states that business is booming, despite the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Company headquarters are located in New York, New York.