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Hanes was founded in 1900 by John Wesley Hanes (one of Winston-Salem's wealthiest and most influential business men) at Winston Salem, North Carolina under the name Shamrock Knitting Mills. [ 1 ] He died of heart trouble in 1903.
Hanesbrands Inc. is an American multinational clothing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [6] It employs 65,300 people internationally. [7] On September 6, 2006, the company and several brands were spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation . Hanesbrands owns several clothing brands, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, L'eggs, Just ...
L'eggs. 1971 magazine advertisement. L'eggs is a brand of pantyhose, introduced in 1969 by Hanes. The novel developments were the egg-shaped plastic product container, the shift to consignment sales in drug stores and groceries, and the in-store product racks designed to emphasize the egg shape. The brand logo hinted at a pair of chicks or eggs ...
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, the modern names Haine, Hayne, Haines, Hains, Hanes, and Haynes all originate in four different medieval names, which came to sound the same. [1] The Middle English name Hain.
Hanes is a name. It can be a masculine given name, a middle name, or a surname. Notable people with this name include: As a given name or middle name. Hanes Walton Jr. (1941 – 2013), an American political scientist and African-American studies professor
The Haynes Automobile Company also known by its badge as “Americas First Car” was an early American automobile manufacturing company that produced automobiles in Kokomo, Indiana, from 1905 to 1924. The company was formerly known as the Haynes-Apperson company, and produced automobiles under that name from 1894 to 1905.
John Wesley Hanes (February 3, 1850 – September 23, 1903) was an American businessman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina who ran a tobacco company before founding Shamrock Mills in 1901, the company that became Hanes Hosiery Mills. [1]
Haynes Publishing Group. Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) is a series of manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group. The series focuses primarily on the maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles and covers a range of makes and models, with manuals for over 600 car and 225 motorcycle models.