Dan River Inc. Invites You to Join Its Third Quarter 2001 Results Conference Call On the Web.

Business Editors

DANVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001

Dan River Inc. (NYSE: DRF) will release results for the third quarter 2001 on November 14, 2001, for the quarter ended September 29, 2001.

In conjunction with this release, you are invited to listen to a live webcast of a conference call with Joseph L. Lanier, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Richard Williams, President and COO, Barry Shea, Executive Vice President and CFO, and Denise Laussade, Vice President-Finance.

-- What: Dan River Inc.'s Third Quarter 2001 Results Conference Call

-- When: 10:00 A.M. EST on Wednesday, November 14, 2001

-- How: Log on to web at http://www.danriver.com; go to "Announcements" on the Investor Relations page from the Dan River home page. Listeners should go to the website at least 15 minutes earlier to download and install any necessary audio software.

If you are unable to listen to the live webcast, a replay of the call will be available approximately two hours following the conference on http://www.danriver.com (select "Investor Relations"-Announcements) or by dialing 1-800-428-6051 and referencing access code #216168.

Dan River Inc. (NYSE: DRF) is a leading manufacturer and marketer of textile products for the home fashions, apparel fabrics and industrial textiles markets. The company designs, manufactures and markets a coordinated line of value-added home fashions products consisting of bedroom furnishings such as comforters, sheets, pillowcases, shams, bed skirts, decorative pillows, and draperies for the adult, juvenile, and institutional markets. Dan River also manufactures and markets a broad range of high quality woven cotton and cotton blend fabrics for apparel. Additionally, Dan River manufactures and markets specialty engineered textile products used in making high-pressure hoses and other industrial products.