Kontoor Brands

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Kontoor Brands
Company type Public
NYSE:  KTB
S&P 600 component
Industry clothing
Headquarters Greensboro, North Carolina
Key people
Scott Baxter (CEO) [1]
Brands
RevenueIncrease2.svg $2.6 billion(2024) [2]
Number of employees
15,640 [3]
Website kontoorbrands.com

Kontoor Brands is an American clothing company. [4] [5] It was a spin off from the VF Corporation in May 2019, [6] [7] [8] and markets denim clothing under the Lee, Wrangler and Rock & Republic brand names. [9] [10] Kontoor Brands also operates the VF Outlet chain of factory outlet stores. Its head office is in Greensboro, North Carolina. [11] [5]

Stock in the company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KTB; market capitalisation in 2024 was about $3.3 billion. [12] [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Kontoor Brands Fortune 1000".
  3. ↑ "Fortune 1000".
  4. ↑ Riley Moffat, Anne (2018-12-06). "VF names planned jeans spinoff Kontoor, not Wrangler or Lee". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  5. 1 2 Journal, Richard Craver Winston-Salem. "Kontoor begins independent life with focus on jeans innovation, attracting new customers". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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  7. ↑ Wightman-Stone, Danielle (2019-05-28). "Kontoor Brands completes separation from VF Corp". fashionunited.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  8. ↑ Reagan, Courtney (2019-08-08). "CEO of Wrangler, Lee parent isn't afraid of a recession or tariffs on China-made goods". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
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