{"id":288876,"date":"2024-07-17T17:13:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=288876"},"modified":"2024-07-17T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:42:16","slug":"vf-corporation-sells-supreme-to-essilorluxottica-for-us1-5-billion-in-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/07\/17\/vf-corporation-sells-supreme-to-essilorluxottica-for-us1-5-billion-in-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"VF Corporation Sells Supreme to EssilorLuxottica for US$1.5 Billion in Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2020, VF Corporation acquired Supreme for US$2.1 billion. Today, the eyewear group EssilorLuxottica has bought Supreme from them for US$1.5 billion in cash. The sale will be finalized by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a quote to WWD<\/a>, Francesco Milleri, chairman and CEO of EssilorLuxottica said, “We see an incredible opportunity in bringing an iconic brand like Supreme into our company. It perfectly aligns with our innovation and development journey, offering us a direct connection to new audiences, languages and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With its unique brand identity, fully-direct commercial approach and customer experience\u2014a model we will work to preserve\u2014Supreme will have its own space within our house brand portfolio and complement our licensed portfolio as well. They will be well-positioned to leverage our group\u2019s expertise, capabilities, and operating platform.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is yet to be seen to what extent this would directly impact fans of Supreme. VF Corporation owns brands like Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Dickies. Stay locked to this page as we bring you the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Sneaker Freaker<\/a>; image via @supremenewyork<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2020, VF Corporation acquired Supreme for US$2.1 billion. Today, the eyewear group EssilorLuxottica has bought Supreme from them for US$1.5 billion in cash. The sale will be finalized by the end of the year. In a quote to WWD, Francesco Milleri, chairman and CEO of EssilorLuxottica said, “We see an incredible opportunity in bringing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":288934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,32,41,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-news","category-sneaker","category-streetwear"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t