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Business Wars Daily

Supreme Sells to VF Corp. Will it Sell Out?

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today is Thursday, November 19, and we’re looking at VF Corp. vs. Nike.

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It's an entrepreneur's classic dilemma. Can we keep the culture that makes us

1:12.4

unique, that made us successful and still sell our company? Nowhere is this dilemma more stark than

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with underground streetwear company Supreme, which recently announced that it's selling to fashion

1:22.9

conglomerate VF Corp. You know VF, the $10 billion company that owns 19 brands, including North Face,

1:29.5

vans, and Timberland? Well, in case you were doomscrolling and missed the big news, last week,

1:34.8

VF announced its deal to acquire Supreme for a couple billion dollars. It's VF's biggest

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acquisition since it bought Timberland in 2011, also for just over $2 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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Now, you've probably heard of Supreme, but just in case, it's a streetwear company. It sells

1:51.5

branded T-shirts, hoodies, and hats, and their fashion ain't cheap. The label launched

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with a single skateboard shop in New York City in 1994, the brainchild of fashion designer James Jebia.

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