Article: Designer intimate apparel sales rise 62% for year at Warnaco.

NEW YORK (FNS)--Sales of designer intimate apparel jumped 62 percent in 1991 at The Warnaco Group Inc., according to a prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Overall intimate apparel sales rose 9.9 percent to $339.7 million in the year ended Jan. 4, against $309.1 million in 1990, according to the prospectus for Warnaco's planned secondary offering of 5 million shares.

The increase in revenues was attributed to added shipments to new accounts, increased royalty income and the jump in designer sales, the company said.

In 1990, the company began producing the Blanche and Bob Mackie sleepwear lines, and in 1991 it started ...

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