Hanesbrands to Divest Australian Flooring and Pillow Businesses as Planned; Shares Undervalued
Narrow-moat Hanes has agreed to sell the business and assets of Dunlop Flooring in an all-cash transaction for AUD 34 million (USD 25 million) to U.K.-based Victoria (LSE: VCP) and the Tontine pillow and quilt business and assets in an all-cash transaction for AUD 14 million (USD 10 million) to John Cotton Group. Both sales are expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2017. We are encouraged to see that Hanes is quickly executing on one of its intended steps to integrate Pacific Brands. ...Hanesbrands is a marketer of basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia/Pacific under some apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Bonds, DIM, Maidenform, Bali, Playtex, Lovable, Bras N Things, Nur Die/Nur Der, Alternative, L'eggs, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra, and Gear for Sports. The company's segments are: Innerwear, which includes apparel products, such as men's underwear, women's panties, children's underwear, socks and intimate apparel; Activewear, which includes T-shirts, fleece, performance apparel, sport shirts and thermals; and International, which includes innerwear, activewear, hosiery and home goods products, sold outside of the United States.
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