Tacoma, Wash, resident Paulette Robertson loves her $16 Alia Feathertouch Pull-On polyester pants so much she bought ten pairs. Gloria Reed of Hot Springs Village, Ark. has six pairs in different colors. In Tucson "Ann" bought herself three pairs on Amazon.com because they're "very comfortable and wash well."These polyester phenoms come from a $1 billion (purported sales), privately owned company called Nygard International, the largest producer of women's apparel in Canada. Never heard of it? Neither has Deborah Weinswig, a retail analyst for Citigroup, or Gabriele Goldaper, an ap-parel-and-textile consultant in Marina del Rey, Calif.-the same town where Nygard has corporate offices. Though headquartered in Winnipeg, the company has been selling modestly priced women's wear in America for 30-plus years and is now in 30 states, including in many Dillard's stores. Nygard International has global reach, with 12,000 employees and offices in Canada, the U.S., Hong Kong and China.
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