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: For the Los Angeles punk rock band, see The Dickies . Infobox company| name = Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company | caption = | type = Privately held company|Private | genre = | fate = | predecessor = U.S. Overall Company | successor = | foundation = Bryan, Texas (Start date|1918) | founder = C.N. Williamson and E.E. "Colonel" Dickie | defunct = | location_city = Fort Worth, Texas | location_country = United States|U.S. | location = | locations = 5 Retailing|Retail Stores | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = Clothing | products = f.e. Back packs , Steel-toe boots , Belt (clothing)|Belts | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = Family Williamson | num_employees = 5,100 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = http://www.dickies.com/web/default.asp www.dickies.com| footnotes = | intl =
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company , more commonly referred to as the brand Dickies , is an United States|American company (law)|company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas that manufactures and sells work-related clothing and other Fashion accessory|accessories , including back pack s, steel-toe boots , and Belt (clothing)|belts . Its major competitors are Ben Davis (clothing)|Ben Davis and Carhartt .
Beginnings
C.N. Williamson and E.E. "Colonel" Dickie began their business careers in the "vehicle and harness" business in Bryan, Texas . In 1918, they and a few friends established the U.S. Overall Company. Then, in 1922, C. Don Williamson joined with his father and cousin to buy 100% of the overall company on a one-third-each basis and renamed it Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company.
From its early years, Williamson-Dickie enjoyed steady growth which was slowed only by the Great Depression, and during World War II, the company produced millions of uniforms for the nation's armed forces. In converting to civilian production after the war, C. Don Williamson began a strategy of geographical expansion and established new production facilities, warehouses, and sales territories throughout the United States. In the late 1950s, Williamson-Dickie became an international company by expanding into the European market and the Middle Eastern market - where Texas oilmen introduced the Dickies brand to Middle Eastern oil fields.
Present day
Dickies is currently sold in all 50 states and throughout the world in countries such as Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Australia, Russia, Chile, Japan, Iceland, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia, Poland and Mexico. http://www.dickies.com/general/history.jsp Dickies history site
In 2008 Williamson-Dickies acquired the Canada|Canadian Kodiak Group Holdings Inc . http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_April_1/ai_n24966322/ BNET
Dickies currently has over 5000 products available, EAN codes of which can be found at the source http://www.dickies-workwear.com Dickies Workwear
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External links
http://www.dickies.com/web/default.asp Official site U.S.A.
http://www.dickies.eu/ Official site E.U.
Category:Clothing companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Fort Worth, Texas Category:Manufacturing companies based in Texas Category:Punk fashion Category:Companies established in 1918
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