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.
Roger Ferriter
Roger Ferriter is a graphic designer most renowned as the progenitor of the L'eggs name, logo and packaging design (the L'eggs egg and egg-shaped dispenser). Although the concept was initially considered 'a marketing risk' by the board members at Hanes back in 1969, the risk turned into a multibillion-dollar enterprise. During the 1970s and 80's the L'eggs egg became a ubiquitous part of the culture, once referred to as the 'marketing breakthrough of the 20th Century.'