Haggar Promotes David Yarbrough to Senior Vice President For Private Brand Division, Horizon Group DALLAS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alan Burks, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Haggar Clothing Co., announced today the promotion of David Yarbrough as senior vice president for the Horizon Group, the men's wear private brand division of the company. Yarbrough's responsibilities have included merchandising, marketing and sourcing products for some of the world's largest retailers and brands, including JCPenney, Wal- Mart and Nike. "David has shown great leadership by combining his marketing skills with strong global knowledge of product needs and sourcing," stated Alan Burks. "He is an industry leader in the private brand industry and he brings a fresh point of view to a challenging marketplace." Yarbrough has been the vice president of the Horizon Group since 1998. Previously he was president of the Yarbrough Group, a sales and consulting firm that he founded in 1982. He also served as President of Sales, B.U.M. Equipment U.S.A., along with executive roles with Tarrant Apparel Group and Glll Apparel. In addition to his responsibilities at Haggar, Yarbrough has served on the boards of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Dallas Bible Church and the Dallas Father of the Year Committee. The Haggar private brand division, Horizon Group, designs and manufactures private brand clothing for Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, JCPenney, Kohl's and Nike, as well as other key retailers. Horizon Group has manufactured nationally and internationally for Wal-Mart under their Puritan, Farah, George, Faded Glory, Catalina, Sasson and Penman's brands. The Horizon Group also manufacturers the Haggar brands Outer Rim(R) and City Casuals(R) by Haggar(R). About Haggar Haggar Clothing Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Haggar Corp. (NASDAQ: HGGR), is a leading marketer of men's casual and dress apparel and women's sportswear, with global headquarters in Dallas, TX. Haggar markets in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico and Indonesia. Haggar also holds exclusive licenses to use the Claiborne(R) trademark in the United States to manufacture, market and sell men's shorts and pants and to use the Kenneth Cole New York(R) and Kenneth Cole Reaction(R) trademarks throughout the United States to manufacture, distribute and sell men's tailored dress pants and men's dress and casual pants and shorts in men's classification pant departments. For more information visit the Haggar website at http://www.haggar.com/. DATASOURCE: Haggar CONTACT: Marina Hoffmann, , or Genna Blackman, , +1-212-242-9353, both of LaForce & Stevens for Haggar Web site: http://www.haggar.com/

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