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ArticleVF maintains FY outlook despite supply chain issues limiting Q2 sales growth
VF Corp improved its guidance for the full year (to $12.0 billion from $11.8 billion) despite a more challenging than expected operating environment in the second quarter. Overall revenues for the group that owns brands including Vans, The North Face (TNF), Timberland, Icebreaker and Smartwool increased by a reported ...
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ArticleStand.Earth gives fashion, outdoor and sports industries poor grades for sustainability
In its Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard 2021, environmental advocacy organization Stand.Earth surveyed and ranked 47 outdoor, sports and fashion brands on their environmental actions in various areas. Stand.Earth sees the fashion industry in a business-as-usual reliance on fossil fuels to manufacture and ship its garments that is not consistent with a ...
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News briefsIcebreaker releases fourth Transparency Report, focuses on plastic-free goals
Icebreaker , a brand of VF Corp. , has released its fourth Transparency Report . A major highlight in the latest edition of the report reveals that 91 percent of the brand’s total fiber composition is now merino or plant-based, up from 87 percent in 2020. Icebreaker forecasts to sell ...
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VF is splitting up Icebreaker, laying off up to 50
Four years after acquiring the New Zealander brand of merino-wool apparel, VF Corp. 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, and the other ...
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ArticleNew Zealand Merino launches 100% regenerative wool platform with Icebreaker, Allbirds and Smartwool
The New Zealand Merino Company ( NZM ) and global Merino wool apparel and footwear brands Icebreaker, Smartwool and Allbirds will work collectively with 167 sheep growers in New Zealand to create ZQRX , the world’s first regenerative wool platform. “ZQRX is an important and necessary evolution ...
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VF appoints new global president for Icebreaker
Jan Van Mossevelde is VF Corp ’s new global president for the Icebreaker brand. Succeeding Greg Smith , who has resigned, Van Mossevelde will be working out of the brand’s international head office in Auckland, New Zealand, while reporting to Martino Scabbia Guerrini , president of the EMEA ...
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ArticleVF plans to eliminate single-use plastic packaging by 2025
VF Corp . has announced new sustainable packaging goals, defined as “a critical component of VF’s global sustainability strategy” for its large portfolio of brands, including The North Face , Vans , Timberland , Icebreaker and Eastpak , among others. The new targets revolve around the following four ...
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ArticleEurope helps drive VF Corp’s momentum
After posting a loss for the first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, VF Corp. bounced back in the second quarter, and the third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31 confirmed this recovery, driven by Europe and China. The good progress, which was attributed in part to investments ...
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ArticleIcebreaker plans to be plastic free by 2023
While Icebreaker of New Zealand celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, the brand, which has been part of VF Corp. since early 2018, has published its third annual Transparency Report as a result of a complete audit of its supply chain. From its very beginning, ...
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News briefsIcebreaker announces expansion of North American team
Icebreaker announced the expansion of its North American executive and marketing teams in the recently relocated Denver office, as part of the VF Corp. growth trajectory. Icebreaker was acquired by VF in early 2018 and made the move to join the parent company in their Colorado-based North American headquarters earlier ...
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Icebreaker works on temperature-taking armband
Icebreaker , a brand of VF Corp., is partnering with a start-up on the development of a smart armband designed to monitor the wearer’s temperature, which could become a key tool in the post-coronavirus world. Nightingale MedTech , the company behind the armband idea, was only formed on May 1. ...
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News briefsVF Corp. brands support OIA and its small business members
Several VF Corp. brands, including The North Face, Timberland, Icebreaker, Smartwool, Eagle Creek and Altra, will donate 15 percent of their Outdoor Retailer Summer Market refunds to the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA). The funds are to support OIA’s small business members by providing the necessary tools, resources, and advocacy ...
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Icebreaker promotes Gene Piccotti
Icebreaker, a VF Corp. brand, has promoted Gene Piccotti to senior director of wholesale and retail for North America. He was previously head of U.S. wholesale after joining the brand in 2018. Prior to that, Piccotti worked for Volcom, Quiksilver and Hurley/Nike.
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New GM for Icebreaker North America
Icebreaker, a VF Corp. brand, has appointed Cameron Walker as general manager North America. Walker joined VF three years ago and was most recently responsible for new models and partnerships including the development of new purpose-led, user-centric models like The North Face Renewed. Walker was also in charge of centrally ...
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