Garan was founded in 1941 and is a global manufacturer and importer of branded and private label apparel, mainly newborn, infants', toddlers', girls', boys', men's, and women's, with over 4,000 employees worldwide. Garan's personnel are involved end-to-end from market trend research through design/development to production and shipping apparel to customers. Garan's most well-known brand, GARANIMALS¨, originated in 1972. In addition to producing and selling newborn through pre-school sizes in GARANIMALS¨, Garan also licenses GARANIMALS¨ for other apparel and non-apparel products. From 1961 until 2002, Garan was publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange. In 2002, Garan became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (Berkshire")."