Kontoor Brands

Kontoor Brands
Company typePublic
NYSEKTB
S&P 600 component
Industryclothing
FounderMay 2019 (May 2019)
HeadquartersGreensboro, North Carolina
Key people
Scott Baxter (CEO) [1]
Brands
Revenue $2.6 billion(2024)[2]
Number of employees
15,640[3]
Websitekontoorbrands.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 clothing under the Lee, Wrangler and Helly Hansen brand names.[9][10]

Having its head office in Greensboro, North Carolina,[11][5] Kontoor also operates the VF Outlet chain of factory outlet stores. Stock in the firm is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KTB; market capitalisation in 2025 was about $4.4 billion.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Power 100 2020 Q&A: Scott Baxter". February 2020.
  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. ^ a b Journal, Richard Craver Winston-Salem (25 May 2019). "Kontoor begins independent life with focus on jeans innovation, attracting new customers". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  6. ^ La Monica, Paul R. (25 March 2019). "Lee and Wrangler hope to be a hit like Levi's". CNN. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  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.
  9. ^ Singh, Prachi (2018-12-06). "VF's separated jeanswear business to be named Kontoor Brands". fashionunited.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  10. ^ "KTB - Kontoor Brands Inc Profile". reuters.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  11. ^ "Kontoor Brands, Inc". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  12. ^ "Fortune Kontoor Brands". Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  13. ^ "Kontoor Brands, Inc. (KTB) Stock Price, Quote, History & News - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.