VF Corporation's world headquarters is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, where our senior management team is based, along with our corporate Strategy, Finance, Global Business Technology, Global Supply Chain, Law and Human Resources teams. Our unique business model supports the individuality of our lifestyle brands, each of which has their own headquarters and management team focused on their consumers and customers.

VF Corporation's world headquarters is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, where our senior management team is based, along with our corporate Strategy, Finance, Global Business Technology, Global Supply Chain, Legal and Human Resources teams. Our unique business model supports the individuality of our lifestyle brands, each of which has their own headquarters and management team focused on their consumers and customers.

Our portfolio of brands is managed under an organizational structure called coalitions. Brands with affinities in terms of consumer lifestyle and merchandise category are grouped together within one of our five Coalitions: Outdoor and Action Sports, Jeanswear, Sportswear, Contemporary Brands and Imagewear.

Jeanswear - Americas Coalition

Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, our Jeanswear coalition includes the Wrangler®, Lee®, Riders® and Rustler® brands. The Wrangler business and affiliate brands are also located in Greensboro, while the Lee business is based in Merriam, Kansas.

Outdoor and Action Sports - Americas Coalition

Many of our outdoor and action sports brands are located in California, including headquarters for the Coalition. The North Face®, Napapijri®, JanSport® and Eastpak® brands are all located in San Leandro. Our Eagle Creek® and Reef® divisions are based in Carlsbad; the Vans® division in Cypress; and the lucy® business in Alameda.

Our Timberland® brand is headquartered in Stratham, New Hampshire, while the Smartwool® brand is located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

VF Imagewear Coalition

Our Imagewear coalition is comprised of two successful lines of business: Image and Licensed Sports Apparel.

Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, our Image brands provide a broad array of uniforms and protective apparel to business, government, and industrial laundries.

Our Licensed Sports Apparel group is based in Tampa, Florida, and markets branded pro uniforms and fanwear. Top licensors include the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Harley-Davidson, the National Hockey League (NHL), ESPN and NASCAR's leading teams and drivers.

Sportswear Coalition

Headquartered in New York City, our Sportswear Coalition includes the Nautica® and Kipling® (U.S.) brands.

Contemporary Brands Coalition

With headquarters in Los Angeles, our Contemporary Brands Coalition includes the 7 For All Mankind® brand, based in Los Angeles and the Splendid® and Ella Moss® brands headquartered in Los Angeles.

Retail Locations

VF owns and operates more than 800 retail stores in the United States for the following brands: Vans, lucy, The North Face, Nautica, Kipling, Napapijri and The North Face.

Our outlet business, VF Outlets, is based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and operates more than 70 outlet stores across the United States. VF is one of the original pioneers in factory outlet shopping, having established our first location in 1970.

Distribution Centers

VF operates more than two dozen product distribution centers in the U.S. Primary locations include Oklahoma, North Carolina, California, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Subsidiaries

The H.D. Lee Company Inc., a VF subsidiary, is based in Wilmington, Delaware, and is responsible for obtaining and protecting trademarks for many of VF's subsidiaries.

Associates

VF has approximately 25,000 associates in the United States.

The Americas Region is both an important market for our products and a vital strategic manufacturing region for VF. This is particularly true for our Jeanswear-Americas business and Activewear apparel business, given its close proximity to the United States. The South America operation of our Jeanswear business is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and our Outdoor group has an office in Québéc, Canada.

The Americas Region is both an important market for our products and a vital strategic manufacturing region for VF. This is particularly true for our Jeanswear-Americas business and Activewear apparel business, given its close proximity to the United States. The South America operation of our Jeanswear business is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and our Outdoor group has an office in Québéc, Canada.

Retail Locations

VF operates more than 35 Wrangler® and Lee® stores in South America.

Production Facilities

The Americas region plays a significant role in our global supply chain. Approximately 50% of VF's products are manufactured at owned or contract facilities in this region, primarily in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile and Argentina.

Associates

VF has approximately 21,000 associates in the Americas Region.

As VF's brands meet growing global demand, the EMEA region remains an area of focus for sustainable growth across our coalitions and brands. Our strength in the region has been built over the 30 years we have conducted business in Europe. Our EMEA infrastructure - in sales, marketing, distribution, technology and administration - is highly developed and serves as a platform for continued growth, for our owned businesses, our licensee/distributor relationships, and for acquisitions.

As VF's brands meet growing global demand, the EMEA region remains an area of focus for sustainable growth across our coalitions and brands. Our strength in the region has been built over the 30 years we have conducted business in Europe. Our EMEA infrastructure - in sales, marketing, distribution, technology and administration - is highly developed and serves as a platform for continued growth, for our owned businesses, our licensee/distributor relationships, and for acquisitions.

Our Outdoor-International business is headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, as are the European-based operations of the Eastpak, Reef, Vans, Napapijri and Nautica brands. The European-based operations of the JanSport and Kipling brands are located in Bornem, Belgium; The North Face brand is managed from Pederobba, Italy; and the Timberland and SmartWool brands' European-based operations are located in Wexham Springs, U.K. Our Jeanswear-International business is based in Bornem, Belgium, as are the European-based operations of the Wrangler and Lee brands.

Retail Locations

We own and operate nearly 200 retail stores in the EMEA region for the following brands: Wrangler, Lee, Napapijri, Kipling, Vans, The North Face, Timberland and Eastpak.

Production Facilities

VF owns and operates manufacturing facilities in Poland and Turkey.

Associates

VF has approximately 7,000 associates in the EMEA Region.

The Asia-Pacific region plays an important role for both consumer product sales and VF's global sourcing operation. VF's brands are sold to retailers both directly and through licensees and distributors. In addition, VF's global sourcing operation is based in Hong Kong.

The Asia-Pacific region plays an important role for both consumer product sales and VF's global sourcing operation. VF's brands are sold to retailers both directly and through licensees and distributors. In addition, VF's global sourcing operation is based in Hong Kong.

In India, VF markets Wrangler, Lee, Nautica, JanSport and Kipling products through VF Arvind India Brands Private Ltd., a majority-owned joint venture located in Bangalore.

We are also rapidly growing our business in China, where the Lee and Wrangler brands are sold through approximately 400 brand stores and shops-within-stores. In early 2007 we acquired rights from a licensee to sell The North Face brand products in China. To underscore our commitment to long-term growth in the Asia-Pacific region, we created a dedicated management team to focus on our jeans and The North Face businesses and oversee all licensing and distributor relationships for the Kipling, Napapijri, Eastpak, JanSport and Vans businesses.

Production Facilities

VF's global sourcing team is based in Hong Kong. The group has approximately 1,300 associates and manages the development and sourcing of nearly 45 percent of VF's units worldwide. The Asia team focuses heavily on product development, speed-to-market and factory compliance.

VF has sourcing relationships with more than 1,000 product manufacturing facilities in Asia-Pacific region countries, including China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Pakistan and India.

Associates

VF has approximately 2,800 associates in the Asia-Pacific Region.