Business Description
Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., is a retailer of branded fashion apparel
and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider. Ever-Glory offers
apparel to woman under its own brands “La go go”, “Velwin”,
“Sea To Sky” and “idole” and currently operates over
1,100 retail locations in China. Ever-Glory is also a leading global apparel
supply chain solution provider with a focus on middle-to-high end casual wear,
outerwear, and sportswear brands. Ever-Glory serves a number of well-known domestic
and international brands and retail stores by providing a complete set of services
of supply chain management on fabric development and design, sampling, sourcing,
quality control, manufacturing, logistics, customs clearance, distribution,
and etc.
ur wholesale operations include a complete set of services of supply chain
management and worldwide sale of apparel to well-known domestic and international
casual wear, sportswear and outerwear brands and retailers in major markets.
We conduct our original design manufacturing (“ODM”) operations
through six wholly owned subsidiaries which are located in the Nanjing Jiangning
Economic and Technological Development Zone and Shang Fang Town in the Jiangning
District in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, and Chuzhou, Anhui province, China:
Ever-Glory International Group Apparel Inc. (“Ever-Glory Apparel”),
Goldenway Nanjing Garments Company Limited (“Goldenway”), Nanjing
New-Tailun Garments Company Limited (“New Tailun”), Nanjing Catch-Luck
Garments Co., Ltd. (“Catch-Luck”), Chuzhou Huirui Garments Co.,
Ltd. (“Huirui”) and Nanjing Tai Xin Garments Trading Company Limited
(“Tai Xin”). We also have one wholly owned subsidiary is located
in Samoa: Ever-Glory International Group (HK) Ltd. ("Ever-Glory HK").
Although we have our own manufacturing capacity, we currently outsource most
of the manufacturing to our strategic long-term contractors as part of our overall
business strategy. Outsourcing allows us to maximize our production capacity
and remain flexible while reducing capital expenditures and the costs of keeping
skilled workers on production lines during times of seasonally lower sales.
We inspect products manufactured by our long-term contractors to ensure that
they meet our high quality control standards.
Our retail business objective is to establish and develop leading brands of
women’s wear and to build a nationwide retail distribution channel in
China. We conduct our retail operations through Shanghai LA GO GO Fashion Company
Limited (“Shanghai LA GO GO”), Jiangsu LA GO GO Fashion Company
Limited (“Jiangsu LA GO GO”), Tianjin LA GO GO Fashion Company Limited
(“Tianjin LA GO GO”), Shanghai Ya Lan Fashion Company Limited (“Ya
Lan”), Xizang He Meida Trading Company Limited (“He Meida”)
and Shanghai Yiduo Fashion Company Limited (“Shanghai Yiduo”). As
of December 31, 2015, we had approximately 6,900 retail employees and operated
1,159 retail stores in China.