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superplussed | 7 years ago

What does it mean to be a $32M company? Based on whose valuation? I don't get why this number is such a prominent feature, and then is never explained. And is $32M a big number? Compared to who? This all seems strange to me.

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kylecazar|7 years ago

Inc.com lists 2016 revenue as $32.6. Also interested in more information as to where that puts them though.

adventured|7 years ago

Hanes Brands does $6.4 billion in sales for example (obviously including all of their business).

$32.6 million in sales is a small company in the underwear business. Men's underwear (boxers, boxer briefs, briefs) in just the US + Canada is a $5.x billion annual business at retail.

There's also this amusement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_underwear_index