VF breaks its no‑acquisition streak by buying Dickies workwear brand
Brooke Sutherland
(Bloomberg Gadfly)—VF Corp. finally ended its longest ever deal drought with a purchase that should please investors. VF, which sells North Face jackets and Lee jeans among other brand-name clothing, announced Monday that it would acquire workwear maker Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. for $820 million. This is the company’s first major purchase since it agreed in […]