Outerwear brand The North Face has announced its special speaker series, to be presented at its Glasgow store in time for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. The conference, which is being hosted by Italy and England in Glasgow this year, will discuss climate change over a period of 12 days. During this time, The North Face athletes will...
29 Oct 2021
VF Corporation has appointed Allegra Perry to the position of vice president, investor relations, effective January 2022. She will report to VF’s chief financial officer, Matt Puckett. Perry, the company said, will be responsible for leading all aspects of VF’s investor relations program. She will work closely with VF’s executive leadership team...
26 Oct 2021
Revenue at VF Corporation increased 23 percent or 21 percent in constant dollars to 3.2 billion dollars. Excluding the impact of acquisitions, the company said in a release, revenue increased 19 percent or 17 percent in constant dollars, driven by the EMEA and North American regions, which experienced a negative impact from Covid-19 in the prior...
22 Oct 2021
The North Face has announced the launch of a crowdsourced digital archive in partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for its fall campaign ‘It’s More Than A Jacket’. Asking for explorers worldwide to submit their own stories and images of their North Face products, the submissions then have the potential to be included in the...
13 Oct 2021
Outerwear giant The North Face has unveiled the first names of its EMEA Explore Fund Council, set up to promote more equality, diversity and inclusion in outdoor sports. Announced last year, the Explore Fund Council secured a seven million dollar fund, with the goal of ultimately improving access to outdoor adventure and nature. The global...
8 Oct 2021
US outdoor brand The North Face has launched its first Care collection with the support of Dutch brand DFNS. It consists of six different products for the care of outdoor clothing and footwear and aims to extend the products' lifespan while reducing their ecological footprint. Repeatedly washing and drying gear uses non-renewable energy during...
7 Oct 2021
Outerwear giant The North Face has unveiled its collaboration with British visual artist Shantell Martin, with the two co-designing a new collection of sportswear and expedition gear. Items take inspiration from archival pieces of the brand’s previous Search and Rescue collection, initially designed for the purpose of search and rescue mountain...
9 Sep 2021
Neon lights are often associated with 90s raves, the arts, subculture and ubiquitous storefront signs. They hit peak popularity between 1920 and 1960, when streets were aglow and neons marked a business’s wares and services, everything from clothing at department stores to louche nightclubs in back alleyways. But the colour neon and buzzy...
20 Aug 2021
Sustainable textile material company Spinnova is teaming up with outdoor apparel giant The North Face. Spinnova has signed a development agreement with The North Face to develop new, sustainable, high-performance textiles for the outdoor apparel category. This will start with a “ journey towards commercialising sustainable products” using...
16 Aug 2021
First quarter revenue at VF Corporation increased 104 percent or 96 percent in constant currency to 2.2 billion dollars. The company said in a statement that excluding the impact of acquisitions, revenue increased 90 percent or 83 percent in constant dollars driven by VF’s largest brands and the EMEA and North American regions, which experienced...
30 Jul 2021
Michael Horsch is vice president of product and marketing at The North Face, a VF Corporation brand, and spoke to FashionUnited about his role, the EMEA strategy for the outdoor lifestyle brand, and the innovations consumers can expect in the coming years. Can you tell me a bit about yourself, your background and how you came to work at The...
7 May 2021
Outdoor brand The North Face is transforming into a circular business model with the launch of a new circular e-commerce platform that will re-sell, repair and recycle clothing to keep it out of landfill. The circular re-commerce platform, The North Face Renewed, will launch as a pilot scheme in Germany on May 4. The initiative will not only...
22 Apr 2021
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