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VF braces for weaker consumer environment, lowers FY outlook
VF Corp is maintaining its full-year revenue growth guidance of 5-6 percent, citing its balanced portfolio and a building recovery in China as two examples, but has lowered expectations on some key financial metrics due to currency headwinds, higher inventory levels and a more promotional environment. The North Face parent ...
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Timberland and Ræburn launch new circular boot
The result of the latest collaboration between Timberland and Ræburn for fall/winter 2022 are the new Earthkeepers by Ræburn Timberloop Utility Boots, “an innovative circular design that allows them to be fully disassembled and recycled at the end of their useful life.” Timberland and Ræburn have been working together since ...
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VF Corp. maps out growth strategy, trims FY23 outlook
VF Corp., which counts a dozen brands in its portfolio, is targeting a five-year compounded annual revenue growth rate in the mid-to high single digits, earnings per share expansion of high single to low double digits and an operating margin of approximately 15 percent by FY27. The U.S. parent of ...
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Timberland Construct: 10061 now available in the metaverse
In collaboration with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and Conceptkicks, Timberland has unveiled an innovative design experience that blends the physical and virtual worlds. The partnership centers on Timberland Construct: 10061, which invites shoe lovers to immerse themselves in the universe of design, creation and innovation via a playable experience in ...
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Timberland renews eyewear agreement with Marcolin
Timberland, the footwear brand owned by VF Corp, has renewed until December 2026 its license agreement with the Italian eyewear manufacturer Marcolin. The companies have worked together since 2003. Under the agreement, Marcolin oversees the design, production and global distribution of sunglasses and optical frames with the Timberland name. At ...
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ArticleVans posts no sales growth in Q4
VF Corp reported a revenue increase of 9 percent to $2.8 billion (€2.65bn) in the fiscal fourth quarter ended April 2, although sales at Vans were flat during the period at $991 million (€938m). Group sales were boosted by a 15 percent increase in the EMEA region and 12 percent ...
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News briefsTimberland expands Timberloop recycling program to Europe
Timberland has extended the Timberloop take-back program to the U.K., Germany, France and Italy, with more European markets to follow. The recycling program allows consumers to return their worn Timberland footwear, apparel or accessories to a Timberland store or through a prepaid shipping option. Returned products are either repaired/refurbished for ...
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Evoco partners with leading footwear brands to develop sustainable products
Evoco, a Canadian cleantech company based in Toronto, has partnered with global leaders in active footwear such as Timberland, Kodiak and Vans with the purpose of reinventing the materials used in their product line-ups. Evoco is a privately-owned company that develops plant-based sustainable products. It has launched a new type ...
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News briefsTimberland’s icon boot heads into the metaverse
Timberland, a VF Corp. brand, has entered the metaverse with a digital gaming experience called “TimbsTrails.” “TimbsTrails provides a unique and fun platform to celebrate the footwear innovations and cultural moments that have shaped our past, and to explore our collective journey into the future,” said Chris McGrath, VP of ...
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ArticleOVS jumps to top of fashion transparency ranking but sector progress ‘too slow’
The Italian retailer OVS jumped to the top spot in the 2021 Fashion Transparency Index published by Fashion Revolution as the global activism movement pushing for greater disclosure in fashion supply chains warned that progress in transparency in the sector generally remains “too slow”. OVS reached 78 percent of the ...
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Timberland in global product take-back program in partnership with ReCircled
Timberland is kicking off a product take-back concept. After launching in the U.S. in August 2021, the program will expand to EMEA this fall and to the APAC region in spring 2022. Developed in partnership with ReCircled, founded in 2019 to provide process and infrastructure for the reuse of footwear ...
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ArticleTimberland launches first products made from Haitian community cotton
Following a joint effort between Timberland and the local Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), the reintroduction of cotton farming in Haiti has created a new cotton supply chain designed to bring social and environmental benefits to Haitian farming communities. Timberland first partnered with the SFA in 2010 to plant five million ...
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ArticleTimberland to create a regenerative rubber supply chain for footwear
Timberland, along with parent company VF Corp. and sister brands Vans and The North Face, is partnering with Terra Genesis International in Thailand to build the footwear industry’s first regenerative rubber supply system. Timberland plans to pilot its first regenerative rubber footwear in 2023. The supply system will eventually be ...
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ArticleTop footwear brands gain 9% in value
Footwear is the only subsector of the Brand Finance Apparel 50 2021 survey to increase in brand value year-on-year, posting a 9 percent increase on average to $5.0 billion. New entrants in the ranking, Timberland and Converse, recorded 47 percent and 8 percent increases in brand value respectively. The ...
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U.S. 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, ...
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ArticleVF’s new fulfillment center in the U.K. begins operations
VF Corp., through its local subsidiary VF Northern Europe Limited, has begun operations at its new fulfillment center in Bardon, Leicestershire, which will employ about 250 people at peak times. The new 55,800-square-meter center will have “state-of-the-art automation capabilities putting it at the forefront of the footwear and apparel industry.” ...
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News briefsSusie Mulder is Timberland’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Susie Mulder as global brand president of Timberland. She will start her new role with the New Hampshire-based brand on April 5 and report to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team. Mulder joins Timberland from women’s ...
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ArticleThe casual shoe market grew by 6.0% in 2019
According to a study conducted by Shoe Intelligence in collaboration with Sporting Goods Intelligence, the branded casual footwear market grew by 6.0 percent in terms of invoiced dollars to an estimated level of $20.8 billion in 2019, in spite of strong competition from the athletic footwear brands in the disputed ...
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ArticleTimberland announces ambitious sustainability goals
Timberland has not only announced that it wants to plant 50 million trees around the world over the next 5 years, but also to create a net positive impact on the environment by 2030. The latter, most ambitious goal includes that the VF Corp.-owned brand wants all of its products ...
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Timberland and BASF join forces on work shoe
Timberland’s Reaxion shoe features the brand proprietary Aerocor Energy System as well as BASF’s Elastollan thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Timberland’s Aerocore Energy System comprises three layers that work together for energy return, comfort and grip: the Anti-Fatigue Technology footbed, a foam midsole, and a non-marking outsole. Meanwhile, the outsole of the ...
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