FACT SHEET
As a contract blue jean manufacturer, W & J RIVES, INC. produces
garments for the better blue jean manufacturers. The nature of our
business is, in the industry jargon, a "cut, make & trim" operation.
This means that using our customer's piece goods, patterns and specifi
cations, we provide the labor and trim and produce a finished product.
The key to our success is the ability to provide a top quality garment
at a competive price with in a reasonable delivery time.
We presently employ over 300 people working a 40 hour, 4^2 day,work
week and ship 30,000 to 36,000 pair of jeans a week. In an effort to
enhance our reputation in the market place, we have taken the position
of being a full service manufacturing contractor, catering to the
upper—end designer jean or better jean manufacturers who, primarily,
do not own their own factories. In many cases, we purchase fabric as
well as supply trim. This approach has been so successful that it has
been necessary to expand, and we are currently located in a new 75,000
sq. ft. building at 1040 E. Springfield Road, High Point, N. C. It is
our hope to build the business to eventually employee 400 people at
this location.
ITEMS WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST
WE USE AN AVERAGE OF 48,000 YARDS OF DENIM OR OTHER CLOTH PER WEEK
WE USE AN AVERAGE OF 36,000 SNAPS PER WEEK
WE USE AN AVERAGE OF 1,200 CONE OF THREAD PER WEEK
WE USE AN AVERAGE OF 9,000 YARDS OF ZIPPER TAPE A WEEK
WE SHIP AN AVERAGE OF 32,000 PAIR OF JEANS PER WEEK
WE PRINT AN AVERAGE OF 72,000 LABELS PER WEEK
THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT USES AN AVERAGE OF 500 BOXES A WEEK
WE USE AN AVERAGE OF 3,750 NEEDLES PER MONTH
OUR LIGHT BILL RUNS MORE THAN $3,500 EACH MONTH
PAST OR PRESENT CUSTOMERS INCLUDE:
IZOD POLO CACHAREL
OSHKOSH H.D. LEE YVES SAINT LAURENT
JOU JOU JORDACHE ROBERT BRUCE
CHECK-OUT WELLMADE BO-BOTTOMS
PLUSHBOTTOMS APPAREL UNLIMITED/Danelle
LIZ CLAIBORNE TROPICAL GARMENT
JEAN-PAUL GERMAIN
CHEAP JOE/Texas Jeans
BILLY THE KID/Oscar de la Renta
MAST/The Limited Stores
CASUAL SPORTSWEAR
RALPH LAUREN WOMEN’S WEAR
... and others.
“We want to thank all of the people who have worked to make today's Open House a success.
Our special thanks go to the women in our lives; Anna and Ellen our wives, our sister Liz, and
our mother Stuckey who has supported us from the beginning."
Warren and Jeff