Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (NYSE: PVH) announced today that it has
licensed WestPoint Home, Inc. a leading home textile manufacturer and
marketer based in New York, to design, produce and market a collection
of bed, bath and kitchen products under PVH’s well-known IZOD brand.
WestPoint Home will offer IZOD-branded sheets, bedding, bath towels and
accessories, blankets and throws, down comforters, pillows and mattress
pads to leading department and specialty stores in the U.S., its
possessions and territories. Deliveries of this new offering are
scheduled to begin in Spring 2010.
Dating back to the 1930s, the spirited IZOD brand is now licensed in 24
product categories to 20 companies in the U.S. and is distributed
globally by six international licensees.
“We are continuously looking to build on the IZOD brand’s strengths by
partnering with leading manufacturers to bring the IZOD lifestyle to
additional important product categories, and WestPoint Home is a key
strategic player in the bed and bath arena,” said Allen Sirkin,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Phillips-Van Heusen. “With
close to 200 years in the home furnishings business, WestPoint Home has
a thorough understanding of the market that will allow us to offer the
kind of value, fashion and energy that we aim for in all the product
categories that the IZOD brand offers.”
John Piazza, President and CEO of WestPoint Home, commented, “Through
product innovation, quality, style and design, we strive to make
consumers’ lives easier and more enjoyable. We share these goals with
IZOD. IZOD is a well-respected and powerful brand. IZOD embodies a
youthful, energetic spirit with a sport-inspired lifestyle. Our
designers have put together a collection that is functional, innovative,
fashion forward and comfortable. We are excited and honored to be
associated with IZOD and PVH”
IZOD Home will be shown at WestPoint Home’s corporate headquarters at 28
East 28th Street, New York, New York.
About Phillips-Van Heusen
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel
companies. It owns and markets the Calvin Klein brand worldwide. It is
the world's largest shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of
goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, CK, Eagle, IZOD,
ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its licensed brands, including
Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, unlisted,
A Kenneth Cole Production, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, MICHAEL
Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection,
JOE Joseph Abboud, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY and Timberland.
About WestPoint Home, Inc.
WestPoint Home, Inc. is the nation’s premier home fashions consumer
products company with a wide range of bed linens, towels, blankets,
comforters and accessories marketed under the well-known brand names of
MARTEX, GRAND PATRICIAN, ATLEIER MARTEX, BABY MARTEX, UTICA, LADY
PEPPERELL, SEDUCTION, VELLUX AND CHATHAM – all registered trademarks
owned by WestPoint Home, Inc. and its subsidiaries – and under licensed
brands including LAUREN RALPH LAUREN, CHARISMA, RACHAEL RAY, and
HARLEY-DAVIDSON. WestPoint Home, Inc. can be found on the World Wide Web
at www.westpointhome.com.
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
Investors:
Michael Shaffer,
212-381-3523
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
or
Media:
Kenneth
L. Wyse, 212-381-3628
President of Licensing
www.pvh.com
