Profile of Pacific Brands

September 2011 | 14 pages | ID: PB32F4891BCEN
Textiles Intelligence Ltd

Abstracts

Pacific Brands is a large manufacturer and distributor of clothing and workwear with over 30 major brands in its portfolio and around 6,500 employees. This profile provides information and analysis of Pacific Brands' operations and its attempts to transform itself into a more successful and profitable company. While Pacific Brands is based in Australia, it also has operations throughout China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the UK. In 2010 the company was reorganised under a major transformation programme, called Pacific Brands 2010, in order to make it more efficient and profitable. This report provides information on the company's development, divisions, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and financial results, as well as analysing its transformation programme and providing an outlook for the future.

Contents

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Pacific Brands 2010 transformation programme

COMPANY DEVELOPMENT

UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY DIVISION

Brands
Major acquisitions
Financial performance
Strategy

WORKWEAR DIVISION

Brands
Major acquisitions
Financial performance

FOOTWEAR, OUTERWEAR AND SPORT DIVISION

Brands
Major acquisitions
Financial performance
Strategy

HOMEWARES DIVISION

Financial performance
Strategy

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

People
Community
Environment
Marketplace

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Sales by division
Underwear and Hosiery
Workwear
Homewares
Footwear, Outerwear and Sport
Production costs

OUTLOOK

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Pacific Brands: brands by division, September 2011
Table 2: Pacific brands: financial summary, 2005/06-2010/11
Table 3: Pacific brands: sales by division, 2008/09-2010/11