we are an international apparel design, sourcing and marketing company featuring a diverse portfolio of owned lifestyle brands, consisting of tommy bahama©, lilly pulitzer© and southern tide©, as well as owned and licensed brands of tailored clothing and golf apparel from lanier apparel©. additionally, we operate tommy bahama© restaurants. our branded and private label tailored clothing products are distributed through department and specialty stores, national chains, specialty catalogs, mass merchants and internet retailers. originally founded in 1942, we have undergone a transformation as we migrated from our historical domestic manufacturing roots towards a focus on designing, sourcing and marketing apparel products bearing prominent trademarks owned by us. significant steps to accomplish this transition include the june 2003 acquisition of tommy bahama©; the july 2004 acquisition of ben sherman©; the june 2006 divestiture of our former womenswear group; and the closing of all but o