- Business
- VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC; FSE: VFP.DE), founded in 1899 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, designs, markets and distributes a portfolio of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands worldwide; core offerings include performance apparel, footwear and accessories from The North Face, Vans, Timberland and Timberland PRO; Smartwool and Icebreaker socks; and lifestyle products such as Kipling bags and Napapijri outerwear, serving outdoor enthusiasts, athletes, youth culture consumers, manual laborers and general lifestyle markets through wholesale channels and direct-to-consumer operations including owned stores and e-commerce in over 100 countries. The company previously owned Dickies workwear and Supreme streetwear, both recently divested to streamline its portfolio and reduce debt. In 2024, VF sold Supreme to EssilorLuxottica for $1.5 billion to enhance balance sheet flexibility amid its Reinvent transformation program launched in late 2023, which targets $2 billion in debt reduction by fiscal 2027, cost efficiencies and leadership changes under CEO Bracken Darrell; in September 2025, VF agreed to sell Dickies to Bluestar Alliance for $600 million, a deal expected to close by year-end and accretive to pro-forma growth, following the 2019 spin-off of Kontoor Brands encompassing Wrangler and Lee jeanswear.