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| Company type | Public |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | New York City |
Key people | Jill Granoff, Lisa Klinger |
| Products | Apparel |
| Website | Vince.com |
Vince (styled as VINCE.) is a contemporary clothing line founded in 2002. In 2023 Authentic Brands Group purchased the intellectual property of the brand Vince in a deal $76.5 million deal. [1] [2]
In addition to signature cashmere sweaters, the collection includes a line of denim for both men and women. [3]
In September 2006, Vince was sold to Kellwood Company. [4]
In the fall of 2007, Vince introduced a menswear collection.
In spring 2008, Vince opened its first retail store on Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles. That same month Vince launched its online store. Retail locations in New York City and Melrose Place followed shortly. [5] [6]
In July 2013, it filed, with the SEC, an IPO worth up to $200 million. [7]
November 22, 2013, Vince. started trading under the ticker VNCE on the NYSE. [8]
Heather Wilberger joined Vince in July 2022 as Chief information and transformation officer. [9] Wilberger previously held engineering and CIO roles at real estate agencies Rocket Homes and Bedrock Management.
Jack Schwefel resigned as CEO in March 2024, and Vince’s board of directors appointed David Stefko, a board member and former Vince CFO, to be interim-CEO. [10]
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Hickey Freeman is a manufacturer of suits for men and boys, which was founded in Rochester, New York, US, in 1899, and operated a factory there from 1908 until 2023. In 2023, ownership of the brand name and the historic factory diverged, with production of Hickey-Freeman branded clothing, currently owned by Authentic Brands Group, being moved to Mexican facilities operated by Peerless Clothing.
Frasers Group plc is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser.
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Neiman Marcus is an American department store chain founded in 1907 in Dallas, Texas by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband Abraham Lincoln Neiman. Since 2024 it has been owned by Saks Global, the American division of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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