American Apparel, Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, retails, and sells branded fashion basic apparel products, and clothing and accessories for women, men, children, and babies. It offers T-shirts, denim, sweaters, jackets, and accessories. The company sells its products through the wholesale distribution channel, including supplying T-shirts and other casual wear to distributors and screen printers; direct to customers through its retail stores; and through an online retail e-commerce Website, americanapparel.com. As of February 28, 2014, it operated 246 retail stores in 20 countries comprising the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and China. American Apparel, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.