BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.4B
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- US
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Hitting the ball out of the park. Founded in 1902 and headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Russell Corporation is a producer of sportswear. It manufactures everything from T-shirts and sweatshirts to socks and career wear. Its brands include JERZEES and Cross Creek, and it has produced goods for Minor and Little League Baseball and the Olympics. The company had 2005 revenue of about $1.4 billion and employs about 15,500 people. In May 2006, it was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway.
Number of Employees 15,500
Contact Information
3330 Cumberland Blvd Ste 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(678) 742-8000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Broadwoven Fabric Mills: 313210
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Fair Labor Association Board Admits New Company and Factory Affiliates
To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: Heeral Coleman of the Fair Labor Association, +1-202- 898-1000 x2220, hcoleman@FairLabor.org FLA Announces a Review of its Workplace Code of Conduct WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Board of the Directors of the Fair Labor Association FLA voted on February 13, 2008 at its meeting...
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The In-Store Marketing Institute announced the co-chairs for the 12th annual Women in P-O-P Benefit to Fight Breast Cancer. They include Mary Westerhaus, Cadbury Adams; Danell Loftin, Microsoft Corp.; Angie Knight, Russell Corp.; Heidi Shouder, Cormark Inc.; Cindy Parker Euscher, Harbor Industries Inc.; and Carine Krull,...
Solo Cup Company Names Robert Koney Chief Financial Officer
Company Also Names Two Additional Key Members to its Executive Management Team in Manufacturing and Foodservice Sales and Marketing Company Elects New Director to Board HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. -- Solo Cup Company (the "Company"), a leading provider of disposable foodservice products, today announced that it has appointed Robert...
SPRING IS IN THE AIR; FIT HONORS VF'S MCDONALD; RUSSELL CORP. KICKS OFF ARENA FOOTBALL SEASON.(Fashion Institute of Technology, Mackey McDonald)(Russell Corp.and ESPN to promote Arena Football League 2007)
Byline: David Lipke, Jean E. Palmieri NEW YORK - VF Corp. chairman and CEO Mackey McDonald is so dedicated to his company and brands that he even named his dog, Buddy Lee, after its Lee Jeans mascot. "As my kids would say, get a life,...
Noted Noteworthy
Academy-Award-winning producer Ben Shedd is readying a 30-minute documentary, "Green is the Color of Money," about the green Banner Bank building in Boise. The building, designed by HDR Architecture and built by The Russell Corp., was finished in September and is expected to save 983,000 kilowatt hours annually. Based in...
RUSSELL'S NEW MUSCLE; NOW THE APPLE OF FRUIT OF THE LOOM'S EYE, RUSSELL ATHLETIC IS GEARING UP FOR GROWTH.
Byline: Brenda Lloyd Now that Russell Corp.'s brands are settling into ownership by Berkshire Hathaway's Fruit of the Loom Inc. subsidiary, which finalized its acquisition of the company in August for $600 million, many observers are asking what will happen to Russell's stable...
BRIEFINGS.(clothing industry)
Blue Holdings Inc. common stock was approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and will commence trading on that exchange on April 26, under the new ticker symbol BLUE. The public company, which markets the Antik Denim, Taverniti So and Yanuk premium denim brands, was...
Breaking News Alert! April 19, 2006.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 2006-Wall Street News Alert: Breaking News Alert! April 19, 2006C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19042006 Weston, FLA. - Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this Wednesday morning are: Ever-glory International Group (OTCBB: EGLY), Russell Corp. (NYSE: RML), GPS...
Sporting great changes game plan.
Byline: Belinda Smart Feb 14, 2006 (Ragtrader - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Sportswear label Russell Corporation Australia has created a new apparel range for the consumer retail market. The move...
Russell Corp. Opens Online Outlet Store.
ATLANTA - Russell Corp., makers of Jerzees, Cross Creek and Three Rivers, has opened the Russell Outlet E-Store, http://outlet.russellartwear.com. Buy many products at significant savings directly from the manufacturer. The Web store has a wide assortment of styles ranging from jackets to wovens to plackets. ...
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