Haggar Promotes David Yarbrough to Senior Vice President For Private Brand Division, Horizon Group
17 November 2004 - 2:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
Haggar Promotes David Yarbrough to Senior Vice President For
Private Brand Division, Horizon Group DALLAS, Nov. 16
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alan Burks, executive vice president and
chief marketing officer at Haggar Clothing Co., announced today the
promotion of David Yarbrough as senior vice president for the
Horizon Group, the men's wear private brand division of the
company. Yarbrough's responsibilities have included merchandising,
marketing and sourcing products for some of the world's largest
retailers and brands, including JCPenney, Wal- Mart and Nike.
"David has shown great leadership by combining his marketing skills
with strong global knowledge of product needs and sourcing," stated
Alan Burks. "He is an industry leader in the private brand industry
and he brings a fresh point of view to a challenging marketplace."
Yarbrough has been the vice president of the Horizon Group since
1998. Previously he was president of the Yarbrough Group, a sales
and consulting firm that he founded in 1982. He also served as
President of Sales, B.U.M. Equipment U.S.A., along with executive
roles with Tarrant Apparel Group and Glll Apparel. In addition to
his responsibilities at Haggar, Yarbrough has served on the boards
of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
Dallas Bible Church and the Dallas Father of the Year Committee.
The Haggar private brand division, Horizon Group, designs and
manufactures private brand clothing for Wal-Mart, Sam's Club,
JCPenney, Kohl's and Nike, as well as other key retailers. Horizon
Group has manufactured nationally and internationally for Wal-Mart
under their Puritan, Farah, George, Faded Glory, Catalina, Sasson
and Penman's brands. The Horizon Group also manufacturers the
Haggar brands Outer Rim(R) and City Casuals(R) by Haggar(R). About
Haggar Haggar Clothing Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Haggar
Corp. (NASDAQ: HGGR), is a leading marketer of men's casual and
dress apparel and women's sportswear, with global headquarters in
Dallas, TX. Haggar markets in the United States, United Kingdom,
Canada, Mexico and Indonesia. Haggar also holds exclusive licenses
to use the Claiborne(R) trademark in the United States to
manufacture, market and sell men's shorts and pants and to use the
Kenneth Cole New York(R) and Kenneth Cole Reaction(R) trademarks
throughout the United States to manufacture, distribute and sell
men's tailored dress pants and men's dress and casual pants and
shorts in men's classification pant departments. For more
information visit the Haggar website at http://www.haggar.com/.
DATASOURCE: Haggar CONTACT: Marina Hoffmann, , or Genna Blackman, ,
+1-212-242-9353, both of LaForce & Stevens for Haggar Web site:
http://www.haggar.com/
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