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TSR Big Bank Biz: Supreme Streetwear Reportedly Sold To Timberland Owner–VF Corporation–For $2.1 Billion

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Talk &&num;8217&semi;bout<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;arbys&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post"> big bank<&sol;a>&excl;&excl; Looks like Supreme&comma; the streetwear brand&comma; is being sold to the parent company of Vans&comma; Timberland&comma; and The North Face&&num;8211&semi;VF Corporation&&num;8211&semi; for a total of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;streetwearofficial&period;com&sol;collections&sol;supreme">&dollar;2&period;1 billion<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">VF’s chief executive&comma; Steve Rendle&comma; said the company would take a hands-off approach to managing Supreme&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are not coming in to make changes&period; We’re here to support and enable … a high performing business&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Founded in 1989&comma; the Delaware-based brand reportedly generates more than &dollar;500 million in annual revenue&comma; which more than 60&percnt; of Supreme’s revenue is from online orders&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This fashion deal is said to mark an end of an era with the Carlyle Group&comma; which acquired a majority stake in the brand for a reported &dollar;500 million in 2017 that valued it at &dollar;1 billion&comma; The Guardian reports&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This allowed Supreme to enter into another top tier category with brands like Levis and Louis Vuitton&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As far as how the pandemic played a role&comma; customers are looking for authenticity and Supreme can provide that&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the trends we see today&comma; in this Covid environment of casualization and consumers really looking to and engaging with authentic brands with great meaning&comma; that positions Supreme to be very&comma; very strong&comma;” VF’s Rendle added in a call with investors&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most recently&comma; According to reports&comma; Inspire Brands&comma; owner of Arby’s&comma; will a<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stories&period;inspirebrands&period;com&sol;inspire-acquire-dunkin-donuts-baskin-robbins&sol;">cquire Dunkin’ Brands Group<&sol;a> for a total of &dollar;11&period;3 billion&period; Inspire Brands also owns Jimmy John’s&comma; Buffalo Wild Wings&comma; and Sonic Drive-In&comma; while Dunkin’ owns Baskin-Robbins&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In the middle of the pandemic&comma; it looks like some businesses still making those bawse moves&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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