Cutter & Buck

{{Short description|Sportswear manufacturer}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Refimprove article|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Cutter & Buck Inc. | logo = 180px|Cutter & Buck | foundation = {{start date and age|1990}} | type = Private | traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|CBUK}} | founder = | location_city = Seattle, Washington | location_country = U.S. | location = | origins = | key_people = | area_served = | industry = Sportswear | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | owner = New Wave Group AB | homepage = {{url|http://www.cutterbuck.com}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''Cutter & Buck Inc.''' is a manufacturer of upscale clothing for golf and other sports. Founded in 1990, the company went public in 1995 and was sold to New Wave Group AB, a Swedish-based corporation, on April 13, 2007.

The company sells its products primarily in the golf and corporate clothing markets in over twenty-five countries around the world, and has been recognized for its sponsorship of Swedish golfer Annika Sörenstam. It also sells into the collegiate clothing market and in 2005, commenced a consumer-direct catalogue and e-commerce site. In the mid-nineties, Cutter & Buck became a founding member of the SA 8000 Social Accountability Platform, which holds its members to a code of conduct in outsourced manufacturing and domestic operations.

Originally founded by Harvey Jones and Joey Rodolfo, Cutter & Buck's headquarters are now at 101 Elliott Avenue West in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. From April 2, 2014, until present, Cutter & Buck's CEO is Joel Freet.

==Wire Fraud== In 2003, Cutter & Buck's former CFO, Stephen S. Lowber, pleaded guilty to felony wire fraud relating to lying about the company's revenue in 2000. The Cutter & Buck corporation paid no fines for these misstatements; however, it did agree with the SEC to stronger accounting practices.<ref>{{cite news | title = Former Cutter & Buck exec pleads guilty to wire fraud | url = http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2003/08/04/daily32.html | publisher = Puget Sound Business Journal | accessdate = 2007-11-06 | date=August 7, 2003}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.cutterbuck.com}} *[https://www.cbcorporate.com/corp/default.asp Cutter & Buck Corporate Apparel]

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