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David D. Doniger & Company

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McGregor sportswear
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David D. Doniger & Company was a manufacturer of branded sportswear in the United States founded in 1921. It was the largest such US company in the mid-twentieth century, with sales of $50,000,000 in 7,000 outlets in 1956. Its home office was located at 666 Fifth Avenue (Manhattan).^[1]

Formerly a prominent exporter, tariff barriers and dollar shortages reduced its overseas markets.^[2]

McGregor sportswear

David D. Doniger imported his first line of clothes from Scotland and selected the McGregor label to go with it.^[3] In 1956 it licensed companies in eight foreign countries to produce sportswear using its McGregor label.^[2]

The firm changed its name to McGregor-Doniger.^[4] William and Harry E. Doniger (March 13, 1904 – January 3, 1961), the sons of David D. Doniger, succeeded their father as heads of McGregor-Doniger. Harry E. Doniger was credited with making colorful men's sportswear popular. In 1955 he was chosen Man of the Year for the Men's Wear industry.^[1]

McGregor-Doniger was purchased by Rapid-American in 1977.^[5]

References

1. ^¹Harry E. Doniger Is Dead At 56; A Manufacturer of Men's Wear, New York Times, January 4, 1961,pg. 33.
2. ^¹"Doniger Company Expands Abroad", The New York Times, February 18, 1956, pg. 23.
3. ^William N. Doniger Dead At 64; Headed McGregor Sportswear, New York Times, June 6, 1972, pg. 44.
4. ^Stanley Gilette, 81, Clothing Industry Executive, New York Times, February 13, 1999, pg. B20.
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/company.html?company=mcgregor_doniger_inc |title=McGregor-Doniger Inc. |at=Lehman Brothers Collection |publisher=Harvard Business School Baker Library |accessdate=April 5, 2018}}

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