the dickies . for the restaurant see dickey s barbecue pit . williamson dickie manufacturing company type private industry clothing predecessor u.s. overall company founded bryan texas 1918 1918 founder c.n. williamson and e.e. colonel dickie headquarters fort worth texas u.s. number of locations 5 retail stores area served worldwide key people philip c. williamson . chairman president and ceo products f.e. back packs steel toe boots belts jeans uniforms owner family williamson number of employees 5 100 website dickies.com williamson dickie manufacturing company more commonly referred to as dickies after its product brand is originally an american company headquartered in fort worth texas that manufactures and sells work related clothing and other accessories including back packs steel toe boots and belts . its major competitors are ben davis and carhartt . contents 1 beginnings 2 present day 3 references 4 external links beginnings edit c.n. williamson and e.e. colonel dickie began their business careers in the vehicle and harness business in bryan texas . in 1918 they and a few friends established the u.s. overall company . then in 1922 c. don williamson joined with his father and cousin to buy 100 % of the overall company on a one third each basis and renamed it williamson dickie manufacturing company . from its early years williamson dickie enjoyed steady growth which was slowed only by the great depression and during world war ii the company produced millions of uniforms for the nation s armed forces . in converting to civilian production after the war c. don williamson began a strategy of geographical expansion and established new production facilities warehouses and sales territories throughout the united states . in the late 1950s williamson dickie became an international company by expanding into the european market and the middle eastern market where texas oilmen introduced the dickies brand to middle eastern oil fields . present day edit dickies scrubs uniforms on the rack in a work n gear store in dorchester massachusetts december 2012 dickies is currently sold in all 50 states and throughout the world in countries such as saudi arabia south africa australia russia chile south korea japan iceland canada germany france italy ireland with coh sales ltd croatia poland and mexico . 1 in 2008 williamson dickies acquired the canadian kodiak group holdings inc. 2 in 2013 dickies acquired walls . 3 in 2014 jerry leigh of california became the exclusive licensee for dickies girl juniors apparel . 4 williamson dickie europe ltd are based in the uk in radstock midsomer norton somerset . previously known as dickies uk this division of the company now operate across the entirety of europe and the middle east for both the workwear and streetwear product ranges . references edit dickies history site dickies acquires kodiak group holdings inc. business wire april 01 2008 dickies acquires walls industries . williamson dickie manufacturing company june 03 2013 williamson dickie mfg. co. signs new junior apparel license williamson dickie manufacturing company dec 10 2014 external links edit official dickies site u.s.a. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dickies & oldid 744536087 categories clothing companies of the united statescompanies based in fort worth texascompanies established in 1918manufacturing companies based in texaspunk fashionworkwear navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutschespa ol nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 21 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view