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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 ...
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TNF teams up with Spinnova
The North Face (TNF) and Spinnova, the Finnish sustainable materials company, have partnered to develop new high-performance, sustainable textiles for the outdoor apparel category, reducing the impact of the textile industry on the environment. Spinnova fiber is produced with minimal water usage, without harmful chemicals and with minimal CO² emissions. ...
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JanSport sues wholesaler for reselling backpacks as “new”
JanSport Apparel Corp., a subsidiary of VF Corp., is suing Los Angeles-based Bravo Wholesale of Los Angeles for allegedly selling inferior JanSport products on Amazon.com and other online stores. According to JanSport, Bravo obtains JanSport products from unauthorized dealers and markets them as “new” while they are often used or ...
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News briefsSmartwool appoints new sales and e-commerce executives
Jennifer McLaren, CEO of Denver-based merino specialist Smartwool, has named two new executives for the brand’s sales and e-commerce departments. Corey Stecker, previously international general manager of sales and marketing, was promoted to global head of sales. He has been with Smartwool since 2016. In his new role, he assumes ...
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News briefsTNF to retire its Futurelight logo
The North Face plans to “phase out and discontinue” the logo it introduced in 2019 for its Futurelight line of apparel and accessories. In January, a graffiti artist in New York working under the name Futura filed a lawsuit in California Central District Court alleging that the VF-owned brand had ...
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The North Face and Supreme launch new collaborative outerwear line
The North Face (TNF) and Supreme have teamed up once again on a line of clothing, this time designed for extreme cold weather and high alpine conditions. The line is centered around TNF’s Summit Series. The range, made exclusively for Supreme, which belongs to the same group since Dec. 28, ...
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VF is splitting up Icebreaker
Four years after acquiring the brand of merino-wool apparel based in New Zealand, VF Corp. has decided that it will be splitting Icebreaker into three entities, according to reports in the NZ Herald. Two of these entities will be operating out of the present headquarters, in the city of Ponsonby, ...
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VF divests its occupational workwear operations
Completing a divestiture process that began in January 2020, VF Corp. has sold the occupational workwear portion of its Work segment to a subsidiary of Redwood Capital Investments for a yet undisclosed price. The deal should be closed during VF’s present quarter, which ends on June 30. The group is ...
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News briefsVF Corp. appoints new CFO
Source: VF Corp. Matt Puckett VF Corp. has promoted Matt Puckett to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer, reporting to VF’s CEO, Steve Rendle, and serving on the company’s executive leadership team. Puckett joined VF in 2001 as a senior accountant in the ...
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Patent office finds Timberland’s iconic boot design too generic
The U.S. Patent Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denied a bid by VF Corp. to register the design of Timberland’s iconic Yellow Boot, concluding that it lacks sufficient acquired distinctiveness. The board noted that there was no evidence that competitors were trying to intentionally copy the boot’s trade dress, ...
