Hanes
John Wesley Hanes' brother Pleasant H. Hanes founded the P.H. Hanes Knitting Company in 1901. The brothers previously operated a tobacco manufacturing business, that they sold to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1900. The P.H. Hanes Knitting Company merged with Hanes Hosiery in 1965. The P.H. Hanes Knitting Company complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Consolidated Foods (later renamed Sara Lee) announced its purchase of Hanes in 1978.
Elaine Kim (fashion designer)
In 1992, Kim created a women’s wear label called Product. The line, consisting of essentials such as jersey slip dresses and stretch pants, was sold at Barneys New York and her own store Product on Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles, and was worn by Madonna and Kate Moss. The brand is credited as one of the first to define the “contemporary” category in fashion merchandising. Product was one of the first women's clothing companies to offer an online boutique, posting to Netscape in 1995, "Finally, there's something for fashion conscious women on the Internet. The world's first complete and fully operational fashion boutique offering designer clothing for women." A diffusion line called By-Product was launched in 1994. By 1998, Product operated three flagship stores on both coasts. The label was sold in 2000 to Australian investors.