Pillowtex Corporation

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Pillowtex Corporation
Slogan All the comforts of home.
Fate bankrupt, sold
Successor Iconix Brand Group
Founded 1954
Defunct 2003
Location Dallas, Texas, Kannapolis, North Carolina
Industry Textile
Products Bedding: pillows, towels, bed sheets, etc.
Key people David H. Murdock
Peak size 14,000 employees
Subsidiary Cannon Mills Company, Fieldcrest Cannon, Beacon Blankets

Pillowtex was a United States textile manufacturing company from 1954 to 2003. Pillowtex made products by the brands Cannon, Royal Velvet, Fieldcrest, Charisma, and others. Its brands were purchased by Iconix Brand Group in 2007.[1] It was publicly traded on NYSE as PTX.

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