Profile of Pacific Brands

• Publication date: September 2011

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 ...

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.

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List of 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
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