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How the Lee Family Turned a Tobacco Shop Into HanesBrands
In this episode of Family Business Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how the Lee family transformed a single-room tobacco shop in 1900s North Carolina into HanesBrands, a global apparel giant behind Hanes, Champion, and Playtex. The secret wasn't just sewing — it was a vertical integration bet that started with knitting machines and ended with a publicly traded company that still bears the family name. Lucas breaks down the pivotal 1914 decision to pivot from tobacco to hosiery, the Great Depression-era expansion into men's underwear, and how the family navigated a 1979…
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