News Briefs – Page 2
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News briefsVF begins operations at new distribution center in California
Colorado-based VF Corporation has launched its new distribution center in Ontario, California, employing approximately 550 people during peak periods. The new 111,500 sqm facility is VF’s largest and most efficient distribution center within the group’s worldwide network of 46 distribution centers. The center’s annual shipping capacity of 76 million units ...
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News briefsApparel brands address textile waste management in new report
Apparel brands have come together with the Policy Hub – Circularity for Apparel & Footwear and Eunomia Research & Consulting to research and publish a set of principles for an effective waste management system to tackle pollution and facilitate the transition to a circular economy for textiles ...
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News briefsVF Corp. prices €1 billion Eurobond offering
VF Corp. intends to use proceeds from the proposed offering of two €500 million tranches of notes, which are due in 2026 and 2029 with respective coupon rates of 4.125 percent and 4.25 percent for debt repayment, general corporate purposes and to fund certain sustainable development projects. J.P. Morgan, Morgan ...
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News briefsVF Corp. opens regional office and new design center in Tokyo
VF Corp. has announced the launch of the Tokyo Design Collective (TDC) and new regional office in Tokyo’s Harajuku district. The office will be home to the new TDC team, whose mission is “to reinforce VF’s commitment to infusing aspirational Japanese product design and craftsmanship into its iconic global brands.” ...
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News briefsVF with new appointment to Timberland executive team and more
Source: VF Corp Nina Flood VF Corporation has announced new appointments to its leadership team in the EMEA region, including for the Timberland brand, effective Jan. 31. Nina Flood — current president VF Global Packs (Eastpak, JanSport, and Kipling) — is to be the new general manager ...
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VF is said to be interested in selling JanSport
According to Bloomberg citing „people with knowledge of the matter,” VF Corp is considering selling the JanSport backpack and adventure luggage brand. There are no details of a potential investor revealed whatsoever. Shares of VF, the owner company of The North Face (TNF), Vans and Timberland brands, have dropped by ...
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News briefsVans and Timberland launch capsule together
VF brands Vans and Timberland have teamed up to design a capsule together for the first time. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Vans’ iconic Half Cab, the two brands offer a brand new style based on Vans’ iconic model first released in 1992 and Timberland’s Euro Hiker boot, created in ...
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News briefsTNF appoints new CMO and chief product and merchandising officer
VF Corp. brand The North Face has added two women to its management team. Sophie Bambuck is joining the company as chief marketing officer and Jennifer Ingraffea as chief product and merchandising officer. Both managers have worked at Nike in leadership positions for years, just like TNF’s new president, Nicole ...
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News briefsDickies appoints new global creative director
Dickies, the performance workwear brand of VF Corp., has hired Matt Lambert as its new global creative director, effective July 11. Lambert most recently worked with Backcountry, leading the company’s creative efforts. Previously, he spent eight years at Nike in various marketing roles, including in Shanghai.
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News briefsVF veteran Kevin Bailey back at Vans as global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Kevin Bailey to the position of global brand president of Vans. Bailey will continue to report to VF chairman, president and CEO Steve Rendle and will serve on the company’s executive leadership team. Source: VF Corp Kevin Bailey With this appointment, Bailey returns ...
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VF suspends commercial activities in Russia and supports refugees
VF Corp. has joined those companies temporarily suspending commercial operations in Russia. Accordingly, VF has closed Vans-operated retail stores across the country and suspended processing e-commerce orders through the Vans and The North Face brand websites, the company said. The VF Foundation has donated $250,000 to UNHCR, the United Nations ...
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Vans launches the eco-friendly Circle Vee
Vans has introduced the Circle Vee, a new silhouette that taps into renewable materials while aiming at reducing waste. The Circle Vee features a one-piece knitted natural upper designed to reduce waste in production compared to Vans’ traditional cut and sew uppers. The upper, which is stitched directly onto the ...
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VF promotes Nina Flood to president of global packs
Source: VF Corp Nina Flood VF Corp. has appointed Nina Flood as president, global packs for Eastpak, JanSport and Kipling. She has most recently served as president of Eastpak, after a long career at two other VF brands, Nautica and Kipling. Flood joined VF in 2003 after ...
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Google develops geographic fiber-tracking tool
Google has added a tool to its Google Earth Engine to gauge fibers by their geographic effects on the environment (air pollution, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, effects on forestry, water use, etc.) and thereby guide textile brands to reduce the carbon emissions of their raw materials procurement. Developed in partnership ...
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VF makes new CSR pledges
VF Corp’s fourth sustainability and responsibility report says the group will achieve zero waste verification at all its warehouses and distribution centers by the end of this year, compared with 72 percent at present. This would mean that at least 95 percent of their waste will be diverted from landfills. ...
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Vans to release two collaborative collections
Vans’ two latest collections are collaborations with the Japanese streetwear brand Bape (A Bathing Ape) and the Italian outerwear brand Napapijri. Vans x Bape, which is due for release on Nov. 30, consists of redesigns of established Vans models – specifically two sneakers and a hoodie – that blend elements ...
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VF and WaterAid partner to vaccinate Cambodians
In an effort to protect workers’ health and keep the supply chain steady, VF is supporting the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in Cambodia. VF’s Worker and Community Development program, partnering with the nonprofit WaterAid to support the rollout of the Cambodian government’s Covid-19 response plan. More than 20,000 factory workers ...
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Vans to stream its Musicians Wanted concert
Vans will be streaming a concert for the 2021 Vans Musicians Wanted competition, scheduled for Sept. 22. Musicians from the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific will be competing to win products from Vans and Kramer, contracts for global music distribution, and playlisting on Spotify and Apple Music.The finalists will be performing ...
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VF executive takes over Eagle Creek
Travis Campbell, a former consultant with Andersen and a former Deloitte consultant who had been in charge of emerging brands at VF Corp. until a few weeks ago, has acquired all the assets of Eagle Creek, a daypack and travel luggage brand founded in Colorado in 1975 that VF took ...
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VF board member steps down, reportedly over her views on racism
VF Corp. announced that Veronica Wuu has decided to step down as one of the 12 members of the group’s board of directors, pointing out that this was not the result of any disagreement on any matter relating to VF’s operations, policies or practices. Wuu had joined the board in ...
