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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1192128" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong>Re: McDonald's, Fast Food Strike, Capitalism, Financialization., Corruption, and Just</strong></p><p></p><p> Sounds like a parrot. Do you personally walk through Walmart and look at labels? I do !</p><p> The pj's were White Stag brand.</p><p></p><p>White Stag was originally in Portland Oregon as a ski wear manufacturer. I remember the White Stag label in clothes when I was a little kid. There areplenty of items in Walmart still made in USA.....like Anchor Hocking glassware and cooking ware.</p><p>Also Danskin products that started as a family owned business in N.Y.</p><p></p><p>n 1956, reflecting the popularity of the sportswear line, Hirsch-Weis changed its name to White Stag.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-ohp-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>[/SUP] In 1959, the company modified a large animated sign on the roof of its downtown Portland building, changing it from advertising a brand of sugar to instead advertise White Stag sportswear.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-uopdx-3" target="_blank">[3]</a>[/SUP] For the 1959 Christmas season, a red neon "nose" was added to the stag's snout in imitation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" target="_blank">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a>, a tradition that has been repeated annually ever since.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-bella-4" target="_blank">[4]</a>[/SUP] The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_sign" target="_blank">White Stag sign</a> quickly became an identifying landmark for the city, and it was designated a Portland landmark by the city's Historic Landmarks Commission in 1977.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-commission-5" target="_blank">[5]</a>[/SUP] Its lettering was changed to advertise the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Oregon_(company)" target="_blank">Made in Oregon</a> gift retailer in 1997, and in 2010 the sign was acquired by the city and its lettering changed again, to read "Portland Oregon".[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-hallman-6" target="_blank">[6]</a>[/SUP]</p><p>In 1966, White Stag was purchased by the Warner Brothers Company, which later became the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnaco_Group" target="_blank">Warnaco Group</a>. The company moved its operations out of its downtown Portland building in the 1970s and by 1986, had moved out of Portland completely.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-obit-2" target="_blank">[2]</a>[/SUP][SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-bella-4" target="_blank">[4]</a>[/SUP][SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a>[/SUP]</p><p>[h=2]The Warnaco years[/h]In 1986, former Warnaco executive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_J._Wachner" target="_blank">Linda J. Wachner</a> engineered a $550 million <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_takeover" target="_blank">hostile takeover</a> of Warnaco and began streamlining the company.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-wachner-8" target="_blank">[8]</a>[/SUP] White Stag was reorganized with other activewear lines, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedo" target="_blank">Speedo</a>, into a new company, Authentic Fitness Corporation, which went public in 1992.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-authfitness-9" target="_blank">[9]</a>[/SUP] The company grew through the 1990s, but saddled with debt from other acquisitions and mergers, Warnaco filed for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" target="_blank">Chapter 11</a> protection in 2000.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-forbes-10" target="_blank">[10]</a>[/SUP]</p><p>[h=2]Wal-Mart label[/h]After Warnaco emerged from bankruptcy in 2003, it sold the White Stag trademark to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart" target="_blank">Wal-Mart</a>.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-ohp-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>[/SUP] Wal-Mart now uses the trademark on a line of women's casual clothing, footwear, and basic jewelry.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-walmart-11" target="_blank">[11]</a>[/SUP]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1192128, member: 1246"] [b]Re: McDonald's, Fast Food Strike, Capitalism, Financialization., Corruption, and Just[/b] Sounds like a parrot. Do you personally walk through Walmart and look at labels? I do ! The pj's were White Stag brand. White Stag was originally in Portland Oregon as a ski wear manufacturer. I remember the White Stag label in clothes when I was a little kid. There areplenty of items in Walmart still made in USA.....like Anchor Hocking glassware and cooking ware. Also Danskin products that started as a family owned business in N.Y. n 1956, reflecting the popularity of the sportswear line, Hirsch-Weis changed its name to White Stag.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-ohp-1"][1][/URL][/SUP] In 1959, the company modified a large animated sign on the roof of its downtown Portland building, changing it from advertising a brand of sugar to instead advertise White Stag sportswear.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-uopdx-3"][3][/URL][/SUP] For the 1959 Christmas season, a red neon "nose" was added to the stag's snout in imitation of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer"]Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer[/URL], a tradition that has been repeated annually ever since.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-bella-4"][4][/URL][/SUP] The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_sign"]White Stag sign[/URL] quickly became an identifying landmark for the city, and it was designated a Portland landmark by the city's Historic Landmarks Commission in 1977.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-commission-5"][5][/URL][/SUP] Its lettering was changed to advertise the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Oregon_(company)"]Made in Oregon[/URL] gift retailer in 1997, and in 2010 the sign was acquired by the city and its lettering changed again, to read "Portland Oregon".[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-hallman-6"][6][/URL][/SUP] In 1966, White Stag was purchased by the Warner Brothers Company, which later became the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnaco_Group"]Warnaco Group[/URL]. The company moved its operations out of its downtown Portland building in the 1970s and by 1986, had moved out of Portland completely.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-obit-2"][2][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-bella-4"][4][/URL][/SUP][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-7"][7][/URL][/SUP] [h=2]The Warnaco years[/h]In 1986, former Warnaco executive [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_J._Wachner"]Linda J. Wachner[/URL] engineered a $550 million [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_takeover"]hostile takeover[/URL] of Warnaco and began streamlining the company.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-wachner-8"][8][/URL][/SUP] White Stag was reorganized with other activewear lines, including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedo"]Speedo[/URL], into a new company, Authentic Fitness Corporation, which went public in 1992.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-authfitness-9"][9][/URL][/SUP] The company grew through the 1990s, but saddled with debt from other acquisitions and mergers, Warnaco filed for [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code"]Chapter 11[/URL] protection in 2000.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-forbes-10"][10][/URL][/SUP] [h=2]Wal-Mart label[/h]After Warnaco emerged from bankruptcy in 2003, it sold the White Stag trademark to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart"]Wal-Mart[/URL].[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-ohp-1"][1][/URL][/SUP] Wal-Mart now uses the trademark on a line of women's casual clothing, footwear, and basic jewelry.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing)#cite_note-walmart-11"][11][/URL][/SUP] [/QUOTE]
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