American Apparel

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American Apparel, LLC

logo
legal form LLC
founding 1989
Seat Los Angeles , United States
management Paula Schneider (CEO)
Number of employees 10,000
sales $ 609 million
Branch Textile production, wholesale and retail
Website www.americanapparel.net
As of December 31, 2014

American Apparel headquarters in Los Angeles
Company founder Dov Charney
Notice at the entrance to the Hamburg store

American Apparel, Inc. was an American textile company from Los Angeles with 251 stores in a total of 20 countries (as of March 2013). Among other things, there were shops in several German cities. As a result of the bankruptcy filed in November 2016, the German branches also had to close.

history

American Apparel was founded in 1997 by Canadian Dov Charney . In 1989 Charney had already founded another textile company, but it failed. In 2006 the company was acquired by the Endeavor Acquisition Corp. acquired, a New York investment firm. American Apparel founder Dov Charney became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and remained the majority shareholder, with all employees receiving 500 shares.

Woody Allen sued the company for $ 10 million in damages for illicit advertising in 2007 after American Apparel displayed a scene by Allen from The City Neurotic on billboards in New York and Hollywood. As part of a settlement , American Apparel agreed to pay five million US dollars in May 2009.

In June 2014, Dov Charney was removed from office as CEO and President. The reason was an investigation into sexual harassment against Charney.

In October 2015, American Apparel Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection and filed for  Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In the course of the bankruptcy proceedings, American Apparel was taken off the stock exchange and has since been operated as American Apparel LLC .

In November 2016, the company filed for bankruptcy again.

working conditions

A special feature was that this company said it offered sweatshop- free clothing that was manufactured in downtown Los Angeles with average wages of 12 US dollars. The employees received paid time off (between 5 and 14 days freely available for vacation or illness), health care, subsidized meals, job tickets , massages, parking spaces, a good workplace environment and mostly modern facilities. In addition, as part of the environmental program, there were freely available bicycles and an in-house bicycle mechanic. American Apparel was particularly committed to the rights of immigrants. Part of this commitment was teaching English as a foreign language, in-house telephones with the possibility of free long-distance calls and the establishment of the now national initiative Legalize LA .

criticism

The company is accused of employing illegal immigrants in textile production. There are also isolated accusations of suppressing the unionized organization of the workforce.

American Apparel's former CEO, Dov Charney, has been accused of sexual harassment by several female employees. During one interview he is said to have masturbated in front of a reporter and in several interviews he is said to have appeared wearing only his underpants.

American Apparel now also sells a considerable proportion of clothing from other manufacturers whose production methods are unclear, or at least not declared to be in line with AA's declared concept.

Web links

Commons : American Apparel  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Apparel, Inc. 2015 Form 10-K Report. (PDF) In: investors.americanapparel.net. March 25, 2015, accessed November 12, 2016 .
  2. ^ American Apparel, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results and Provides Initial Outlook for 2013. Operating Income Improves by $ 24.3 million. (AMEX: APP). In: investors.americanapparel.net. March 4, 2013, archived from the original on January 22, 2014 ; accessed on March 1, 2014 (English).
  3. ↑ Branch finder on americanapparel.net . Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b American Apparel - Bankruptcy, the next one , at www.faz.net , accessed on November 14, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Keely Byrne, Jim Detert: Business Cycles and Employment Practices in a Domestic Garment Company . In: Institute for Corporate Ethics (Ed.): Case Studies . BRI-1002B, 2005 ( online [PDF]).
  6. ↑ Nicolai Kwasniewski: Allegation of sexual harassment: American Apparel fires boss. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. June 19, 2014, accessed July 7, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Reuters: Mode: American Apparel applies for bankruptcy protection. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. October 5, 2015, accessed October 5, 2015 .
  8. ↑ American Apparel Emerges From Chapter 11 , at www.prnewswire.com , accessed November 12, 2016
  9. ↑ Maxine Shen: T-Shirts, As Far As the Eye Can See. In: New York Post. March 24, 2004, archived from the original on January 8, 2014 ; accessed on March 1, 2014 (English).
  10. ↑ American Apparel: Illegal Workers Make Up A Third Of Workforce. In: huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2009, accessed March 1, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Jim Straub: Clamor Magazine :: issue 38 :: American Apparel Exposed. In: clamormagazine.org. 2006, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on March 1, 2014 (English).
  12. ↑ American Apparel employee abused by boss as sex slave? Bad allegations against American Apparel boss Dov Charney. In: bild.de. March 9, 2011, accessed February 28, 2014 .
  13. ↑ Successful in underpants. In: diepresse.com. August 22, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Josh Dean: Inc. Magazine (September 2005). Dov Charney, Like It or Not
  15. ↑ IS DOV-Y TOO LOVEY? A LOOK AT AMERICAN APPAREL'S CEO