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Vans appoints Kristin Harrer as global chief marketing officer

California streetwear brand Vans announced that Kristin Harrer has joined the company as the global chief marketing officer, effective today. Harrer, former Dollar Shave Club CMO, will lead the VF Corporation-owned brand’s global marketing and creative teams across all Vans’ retail, brand, and digital channels. “In addition to being an...

10 hours ago

Business

Vans sets new sustainability targets to reduce environmental impact

Action sports brand Vans is reaffirming its sustainable position with new goals to reduce its global environmental impact, including committing to making core materials 100 percent regenerative, responsibly sourced, renewable or recycled by 2030. The California-based brand, part of VF Corporation, said it was moving towards creating circular...

20 Apr 2021

Fashion

Vans partners with The Webster

Footwear and apparel brand Vans and luxury multi-brand omnichannel retailer The Webster have launched an exclusive partnership. The capsule introduces the Bold Ni reinterpreted in embossed croc print in three colorways inspired by The Webster’s heritage of sprawling Everglades and Miami’s sunny spirit. The shoes will be housed in a...

17 Apr 2021

Fashion

Vans launches collection made with Liberty of London fabrics

Vans has unveiled a new footwear and apparel collection for women made from Liberty of London fabrics for spring. The Vans Made with Liberty collection will be available globally this month and features three hand-drawn or hand-painted floral prints from Liberty of London on a tapered version of Vans’ Old Skool silhouette. Liberty’s...

7 Apr 2021

Fashion

VF Corp aims to eliminate single-use plastic packaging by 2025

VF Corp, whose portfolio includes brands Supreme, The North Face, Timberland, and Vans, has announced a goal to eliminate all single-use plastic packaging, including polybags, by 2025. The remaining non-plastic packaging used by the US business and its brands will be reduced, originate from sustainable sources, and be designed for reuse or...

10 Feb 2021

Fashion

Vans donates 1 million dollars to mental health charities

Vans has announced that it is making a donation of over 1 million dollars to support ten global charities that support mental health and wellbeing. Each charity partner will receive over 100,000 dollars from either Vans directly or through the Vans Checkerboard Fund at Tides Foundation. This money was raised either through the brand directly or...

15 Dec 2020

Business

VF Corporation expects to return to growth in Q4

Second quarter revenue at VF Corporation decreased 18 percent or 19 percent in constant dollars to 2.6 billion dollars driven by store closures and lower consumer demand as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak and related government actions and regulations. The company said in a statement that for the fiscal year 2021, revenue is expected to be at...

16 Oct 2020

Business

VF announces management changes, names new brand president, The North Face

VF Corporation has announced organizational changes in support of its ongoing business model transformation and to ensure greater alignment in the management of its core and emerging brands portfolio. With these changes, the company said in a statement, leaders of VF’s three core brands (Vans, The North Face and Timberland) and its emerging...

14 Oct 2020

Fashion

Vans and KOI introduce 'Work A Day In Our Shoes' campaign

The collaboration between Vans and Kids Of Immigrants (KOI) celebrates the working class, the immigrant community and people of all margins, launching exclusively on the Greenhouse App. Mel Peralta, senior director of Greenhouse, said in a statement: “We’re not only a product incubator, we’re a cultural incubator at heart and in practice. The...

30 Sep 2020

Fashion

Vans becomes latest brand to boycott Facebook

Vans is the latest in a growing list of fashion brands to boycott Facebook over concerns it is not doing enough to censor hate speech across its platforms. The VF Corporation-owned brand said it has pulled its ad investment from Facebook and Instagram - which is also owned by Facebook - for the month of July as part of a #StopHateForProfit...

1 Jul 2020

Business

VF Corp expects full year revenues to range between 11.3 to 11.4 billion dollars

VF Corporation, in preliminary unaudited selected financial data for full year fiscal 2020 in conjunction with a debt financing said that revenue from continuing operations on a reported basis reached approximately 11.3 billion dollars to 11.4 billion dollars, including the contribution of the company’s occupational workwear business. The...

21 Apr 2020

Fashion

Vans taps artist Damien Hirst for latest collaboration

World-renowned British artist Damien Hirst has teamed up with American shoe brand Vans for its latest Vault by Vans collection, which features some of the artist’s most iconic motifs on a selection of the brand’s bestselling styles. According to an announcement from the brand, this collection is also made in partnership with Las Vegas’ Palms...

26 Nov 2019