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...“How you present yourself or how you allow your brand to be utilised in this environment is critical,” said Steve Rendle, chief executive of VF Corporation, which owns Vans, as well as North Face and Timberland...
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...The guy who hired me at The North Face was Steve Rendle — he was the president of The North Face, now he’s the head of VF Brands [The North Face’s parent company]....
...Outraged by the decision, he penned a four-page open letter, complete with footnotes and graphics, laying out the positive case for fossil fuels, to the head of The North Face’s parent company VF Corporation...
...M&A activity is already picking up: in the past two months, VF Corp agreed to acquire streetwear brand Supreme for $2bn and puffer jacket maker Moncler took a majority stake in rival Stone Island....
...The way in which retailing has changed was also shown this week by the clothing group VF’s takeover of the streetwear brand Supreme for $2.1bn — more than JCPenney’s valuation, despite the latter’s 800 stores...
...“Following the announcement of a tax-free spin off of the jeanswear business this morning, VF Corp shares are down . . . as investors grapple with an appropriate valuation for the new independent company...
...But once it’s communicated, we can adapt pretty quickly,” said Scott Roe, chief financial officer of VF, the owner of clothing brands from Vans to The North Face....
...It will focus on what it says are more promising brands like One Jeanswear Group, Anne Klein, the Kasper Group and The Jewelry Group....
...in advanced talks to take Esure private for £1.2bn (FT) House of Fraser administrators defend Sports Direct sale (FT) Industry ponders rationale for Ashley’s House of Fraser swoop (FT) Wrangler owner VF...
...USD, and weaken SEK vfs. EUR....
...Mr Tompkins founded the North Face, now part of VF Corporation, in the 1960s as a small ski and backpacking retailer in San Francisco....
...For those who could not foresee the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and missed out on Apple, there was always the Ball Corporation, which makes cans, VF Corporation, which makes jeans, and CSX Corporation, a railroad...
...and impacting on revenues for the latter,” says Laurent Vasilescu, a Macquarie Capital analyst, highlighting recent sales declines in premium and mass womenswear jeans brands owned by groups including VF...
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...“It’s not a commercial exercise,” says Karl Heinz Salzburger, who heads the international division of Vans-owner VF Corporation. “We don’t sell any products here.” So what is it?...
...VF Corp, the owner of The North Face and Timberland brands, was under pressure following weaker than expected earnings guidance....
...VF shares were up 4.22 per cent to $212.92 by Monday lunchtime in New York. VF declared a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share, an 18 cent increase over the previous quarter....
Ateliers are following the lucrative path of fashion groups like Gucci, Prada and Valentino
...Shares in VF Corp rose after the clothing producer reported sales that rose 4.7 per cent, but missed analyst estimates....
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