Liz Claiborne Inc.

Basic information

Ownership status:

Publicly traded

Website:

http://www.lizclaiborneinc.com

Tel:

214-748-3647

Corporate accountability

Brief company history:

Liz Claiborne Inc. designs and markets branded women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products. The Company operates the following business segments: Wholesale Apparel, Wholesale Non-Apparel and Retail. Its current portfolio of brands includes most apparel and non-apparel categories, reaching consumers of various age, gender, size, attitude, shopping or value preference. These products range from classic and traditional apparel to modern and contemporary wear.

In 1976, Liz Claiborne, Art Ortenberg, Leonard Boxer and Jerome Chazen - created what is now a nearly $5 billion public company. Established at a time when women were entering the workforce in large numbers, Liz Claiborne and her partners saw the opportunity to provide versatile, fashionable wardrobes that were appropriate for work, but still conveyed a sense of individuality and femininity. In contrast to department store practice at the time, Liz Claiborne presented all of the brand's related sportswear pieces in one department. In the mid- 1970s and into the early 1980s the Company started testing the concept of manufacturing overseas. Liz Claiborne established a production control office in Hong Kong by mid-1976. Liz Claiborne Inc. now sources its products in more than 40 countries around the world and routinely ships five million units per week in the U.S. alone. The company went public in 1981.

Financial information

Detailed financial information

Stock ticker symbol:

LIZ (common)

Location

1441 Broadway

NY, NY, 10018

United States