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	The brands are sold in different price segments; for the dresswear and business-casual brands, from lowest to highest priced are Arrow, Van Heusen, Geoffrey Beene, and Calvin Klein. For the [[preppy]]-styled brands, Izod occupies a more moderate price range while Tommy Hilfiger occupies a more premium segment.		The brands are sold in different price segments; for the dresswear and business-casual brands, from lowest to highest priced are Arrow, Van Heusen, Geoffrey Beene, and Calvin Klein. For the [[preppy]]-styled brands, Izod occupies a more moderate price range while Tommy Hilfiger occupies a more premium segment.

	Phillips-Van Heusen closed its Geoffrey Beene outlet retail division in 2008. Approximately 25 percent of the Geoffrey Beene outlet stores became Calvin Klein stores, while the remaining 75 percent of stores closed entirely.<ref name="closing">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/phillipsvanheusen/update-1-phillips-van-heusen-closing-geoffrey-beene-outlets-idUSN2842674120080528\|last1=Geller \|first1=Martinne\|last2=Sivaraman\|first2=Aarthi\|last3=Wallace\|first3=John \|date=May 28, 2008\|title=UPDATE 1-Phillips-Van Heusen closing Geoffrey Beene outlets\|work=[[Reuters]]\|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref~~><ref name="luxury"/~~> The company continued to license the Geoffrey Beene brand name for Geoffrey Beene brand dress shirts and men's sportswear until 2018 when it acquired the brand outright. In 2015, PVH closed its Izod retail division due to an increasing competitive environment driven by more premium brands in the outlet retail channel; this did not affect Izod's wholesale business to department stores and online retailers. Select Izod products are now available at some Van Heusen stores; initially this only included the golf line, but now includes products from Izod's other lines (mostly from the Advantage and Saltwater lines). In July 2018, PVH launched a direct online sales platform on the Izod and Van Heusen websites where both brands are featured and can be cross-shopped on each other's site. On July 14, 2020, PVH announced that it would close its remaining Heritage Brands retail outlets operating mainly under the Van Heusen/Izod Golf names.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=July 14, 2020 \|title=Outlet mall staple is closing all of its stores \|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/heritage-brands-pvh-closures/index.html \|access-date=July 15, 2020\| work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> The Izod and Van Heusen brands are not being discontinued; the wholesale business, which sells their product to department stores, warehouse clubs, and online retailers, is not affected. The direct online sales platform for the Izod and Van Heusen brands will also remain active.		Phillips-Van Heusen closed its Geoffrey Beene outlet retail division in 2008. Approximately 25 percent of the Geoffrey Beene outlet stores became Calvin Klein stores, while the remaining 75 percent of stores closed entirely.<ref name="luxury"/><ref name="closing">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/phillipsvanheusen/update-1-phillips-van-heusen-closing-geoffrey-beene-outlets-idUSN2842674120080528\|last1=Geller \|first1=Martinne\|last2=Sivaraman\|first2=Aarthi\|last3=Wallace\|first3=John \|date=May 28, 2008\|title=UPDATE 1-Phillips-Van Heusen closing Geoffrey Beene outlets\|work=[[Reuters]]\|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref> The company continued to license the Geoffrey Beene brand name for Geoffrey Beene brand dress shirts and men's sportswear until 2018 when it acquired the brand outright. In 2015, PVH closed its Izod retail division due to an increasing competitive environment driven by more premium brands in the outlet retail channel; this did not affect Izod's wholesale business to department stores and online retailers. Select Izod products are now available at some Van Heusen stores; initially this only included the golf line, but now includes products from Izod's other lines (mostly from the Advantage and Saltwater lines). In July 2018, PVH launched a direct online sales platform on the Izod and Van Heusen websites where both brands are featured and can be cross-shopped on each other's site. On July 14, 2020, PVH announced that it would close its remaining Heritage Brands retail outlets operating mainly under the Van Heusen/Izod Golf names.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=July 14, 2020 \|title=Outlet mall staple is closing all of its stores \|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/heritage-brands-pvh-closures/index.html \|access-date=July 15, 2020\| work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> The Izod and Van Heusen brands are not being discontinued; the wholesale business, which sells their product to department stores, warehouse clubs, and online retailers, is not affected. The direct online sales platform for the Izod and Van Heusen brands will also remain active.

	==Marketing==		==Marketing==

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{{Infobox company
| name = PVH Corp.
| former_name = Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (until 2011)
| logo = PVH logo.svg
| caption =
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NYSE|PVH}} [[S&P 500|S&P 500 Component]]|
| fate =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1881}}
| founder = Moses Phillips John Van Heusen Dramin Jones
| location_city = [[Manhattan, New York City]]
| location_country = United States
| location =
| locations =
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Stefan Larsson (businessman)|Stefan Larsson]] {{small|([[CEO]])}}
| industry = [[Clothing]]
| products = [[Apparel]], [[Undergarment]], [[Watch]]es etc.
| services = Manufacturing and retailing
| revenue = US$7.1 billion (2020)<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=https://pvh.com/-/media/Files/pvh/investor-relations/PVH-2020-Print-Annual-Report.pdf </ref>
| operating_income =
| net_income = US$536 million (2017)<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
| assets =
| equity =
| owner =
| num_employees = 19,600 full-time & 16,900 part-time
| num_employees_year = 2017
| parent =
| divisions = [[Tommy Hilfiger (company)|Tommy Hilfiger]] [[Calvin Klein (company)|Calvin Klein]] Warner's Olga [[True & Co.]]
| subsid =
| homepage = {{URL|www.pvh.com}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''PVH Corp.''', formerly known as the '''Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation''', is an American clothing company which owns brands such as [[Tommy Hilfiger (company)|Tommy Hilfiger]], [[Calvin Klein (company)|Calvin Klein]], Warner's, Olga and [[True & Co.]]. The company also licenses brands such as [[Kenneth Cole (designer)|Kenneth Cole New York]] and [[Michael Kors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/PVH|title=PVH Corp (PVH)|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> PVH is partly named after [[Dutch people|Dutch]] immigrant John Manning Van Heusen, who in 1910 invented a new process that fused cloth on a curve.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pvh.com/company/history |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-10-31 |archive-date=2020-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623013423/https://www.pvh.com/company/history |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Organization==
{{Update section|date=April 2020}}
PVH is headquartered in [[Manhattan]] New York,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globest.com/2019/05/06/tommy-hilfiger-expands-to-220000-sf-at-285-madison-ave/?slreturn=20190523130024|last=Kim|first=Betsy|date=May 6, 2019|title=Tommy Hilfiger Expands to 220,000 SF at 285 Madison Ave.|work=[[ALM (company)|Globest.com]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref> with policy-making offices in [[Bridgewater, New Jersey]] and handling plants in [[Reading, Pennsylvania]], , [[Jonesville, North Carolina]], and [[McDonough, Georgia]] all in the United States.<ref name="Van Heusen">{{cite web|url=https://prezi.com/ui-kbbiwdzud/phillip-van-heusen/|last=Jawayria |first=A |date=April 10, 2014|title=Phillip Van Heusen|work=[[Prezi]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>

As of April 2014, globally, PVH had over 120,000 employees and was positioned in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore and Honduras.<ref name="Van Heusen" />

In September 2020, PVH announced that [[Stefan Larsson (businessman)|Stefan Larsson]] was named CEO on February 1, 2021, succeeding [[Emanuel Chirico]], who remains as chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PVH Appoints New CEO {{!}} SGB Media Online|url=https://sgbonline.com/pvh-appoints-new-ceo/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=sgbonline.com}}</ref>

==History==
===Trade names and early mergers===
The history of Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) goes back in part to Dramin Jones, a [[Prussia]]n immigrant who founded the shirt manufacturing company D. Jones & Sons, c. 1865.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3iBbAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Dramin+Jones%22|title=The Clothier and Furnisher|year=1906|pages=76|language=en|quote=(...) D. Jones & Sons, shirt manufacturers, which house was established by his father, the late Dramin Jones, nearly half a century ago}}</ref> Separately, in 1881, Moses Phillips and his wife Endel began sewing shirts by hand and selling them from pushcarts to local anthracite coal-miners in [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania]]. This grew into a shirt business in New York City that placed one of the first ever shirt advertisements in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]''. D. Jones & Sons merged with M. Phillips & Sons in 1907 under the name Phillips-Jones<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kN8RAQAAMAAJ|title=Apparel Arts|publisher=Apparel Arts Publications|year=1949|pages=138|language=en|quote=The company continued as M. Phillips & Sons until 1907 when it merged with D. Jones & Sons to become the Phillips-Jones Co}}</ref> after Dramin Jones's death in 1903. Later Isaac Phillips met John Van Heusen, resulting both in their most popular line of shirts (Van Heusen), and in the subsequent acquisition of Van Heusen by Phillips-Jones and its renaming to Phillips-Van Heusen in 1957.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RLw63appZsC&pg=PA179|title=The House of Klein: Fashion, Controversy, and a Business Obsession|last=Marsh|first=Lisa|date=2004-05-04|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780471478959|pages=179|language=en}}</ref> In 2011, Phillips-Van Heusen is renamed to PVH.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consumergoods.com/phillips-van-heusen-changes-name|title=Phillips-Van Heusen Changes Name {{!}} News {{!}} Consumer Goods Technology|website=consumergoods.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref>

===Acquisitions and divestitures===
The Phillips-Jones Corporation received a patent for a self-folding collar in 1919; the corporation released the product to the public in 1921 and it became successful. The first collar-attached shirt was introduced in 1929. The Bass Weejun was introduced in 1936. Geoffrey Beene shirts were launched in 1982. In 1987, Phillips-Van Heusen acquired G.H. Bass. In 1995, the corporation acquired the [[Izod]] brand, followed by the Arrow brand in 2000, and the [[Calvin Klein]] company in 2002.<ref name="Phillips-Van Heusen Company History">{{cite web|url=http://www.pvh.com/OurComp_History.html|title=Our Company :: History|access-date=2008-03-14 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080223092227/http://www.pvh.com/OurComp_History.html  |archive-date = 2008-02-23}}</ref> In 2004, PVH began manufacturing clothing for the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection as part of a licensing agreement with [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=Trump>{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Clare|title=PVH Corp., Clothing Giant Behind Trump Menswear Brand, Dumps The Donald|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/07/07/pvh-corp-clothing-giant-behind-trump-menswear-brand-dumps-donald/#36941ea6478d|access-date=2017-04-14|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2015-07-07}}</ref>

After acquiring Superba, Inc., in January 2007, PVH now owns [[necktie]] licenses for brands such as Arrow, [[DKNY]], [[Tommy Hilfiger Licensing|Tommy Hilfiger]], [[Nautica (clothing company)|Nautica]], [[Perry Ellis]], [[Ted Baker]], [[Michael Kors]], [[Joseph Abboud|JOE Joseph Abboud]], [[Original Penguin]] and [[Jones Apparel Group|Jones New York]].<ref name="Phillips-Van Heusen Corp PVH (NYSE)">{{cite news|url=http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/fullDescription.asp?rpc=66&symbol=PVH|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102001007/http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/fullDescription.asp?rpc=66&symbol=PVH|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2008|title=Phillips-Van Heusen Corp (PVH) Full Description | work= Reuters |access-date=2008-03-14}}</ref> The corporation began making men's clothing under the [[The Timberland Company|Timberland]] name in 2008, with women's clothing following in 2009, under a licensing agreement.<ref name="Foolish Forecast: Phillips-Van Heusen Buttons Up">{{cite web|url=http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/fullDescription.asp?rpc=66&symbol=PVH|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102001007/http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/fullDescription.asp?rpc=66&symbol=PVH|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2008| title = Foolish Forecast: Phillips-Van Heusen Buttons Up | access-date = 2008-03-14 | publisher = The Motley Fool | year = 2007 | first =Rich| last =Duprey}}</ref>

On March 15, 2010, Phillips-Van Heusen acquired [[Tommy Hilfiger Licensing|Tommy Hilfiger]] for $3 billion.<ref name="NY Times News">{{cite news
|title=Phillips-Van Heusen Buys Hilfiger for $3 Billion|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/business/global/16deal.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=15 March 2010|author=Andrew Ross Sorkin|author2=Michael J. de la Merced
}}
</ref> In the third quarter of 2010 losses made on the "Van Heusen" brand led to the decision to pull it out of all European trading markets. {{As of | 2011 | March}} the company sells no products under that name in Europe. All European staff became redundant as a result.

In February 2013, PVH acquired [[Warnaco Group]], which manufactured the Calvin Klein underwear, jeans and sportswear lines under license, thus consolidating control of the Calvin Klein brand. The Warnaco acquisition also added the Warner's and Olga intimate apparel brands, as well the [[Speedo]] swimwear brand (the latter in North America only). In November 2013 PVH sold the G.H. Bass brand and all of its assets, images and licenses to [[G-III Apparel Group]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pvh.com/news/1871861 | title=PVH Corp. and G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. Complete Sale of G.H. Bass & Co. Business | work=PVH | access-date=June 2, 2016 | date=November 4, 2013}}</ref>

PVH ended its licensing agreement with Trump in July 2015, after [[Macy's]] discontinued sales of his Trump Signature Collection due to controversial comments that he made regarding illegal immigrants.<ref name=Trump/>

In 2017 ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked PVH, 25 out of 890 companies on the "Just company" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/pvh/#5f7646c92955|date=May 15, 2019|title=#1156 PVH|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>

In March 2017, PVH acquired lingerie brand [[True & Co.]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/16/bra-startup-trueco-sold-to-calvin-klein-owner-pvh/|title=Bra startup True&Co sold to Calvin Klein owner PVH|work=TechCrunch|access-date=June 25, 2018|date=March 16, 2017}}</ref>

In June 2018, PVH acquired the [[Geoffrey Beene]] clothing brand, which PVH previously produced under license.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pvh.com/news/feature-articles/GEOFFREYBEENE|title=PVH Acquires Geoffrey Beene Brand|work=PVH|access-date=June 25, 2018|date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> On August 28, 2018, PVH announced that it would expand the Izod brand to portions of Europe beginning with the Fall/Winter 2018 collection.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180828005132/en/PVH-Corp.-Expands-Global-Footprint-Launch-Iconic |title=PVH Corp. Expands Global Footprint, with Launch of Iconic American Brand IZOD in Europe |website=[[Business Wire]] |date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>

In January 2020, PVH sold back the rights for the Speedo swimwear brand, previously marketed under "Speedo USA" and "Speedo North America", back to Speedo's international parent, the British [[Pentland Group]]. The deal was in exchange for $170 million in cash.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/speedo-international-parent-company-buys-speedo-north-america-for-170-million/|title=Speedo International Parent Company Buys Speedo North America for $170 Million|date=2020-01-09|website=SwimSwam|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>

In May 2021, it was reported that PVH was exploring a sale of the Heritage Brands division consisting of Van Heusen, Izod, Arrow, Warner's, Olga, True & Co., and Geoffrey Beene, with [[Authentic Brands Group]] as a potential buyer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Authentic Brands Files for IPO Confidentially: Sources |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/authentic-brands-files-ipo-confidentially-203017069.html |website=[[Yahoo Sports]] |access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref> The sale to ABG was officially announced on June 23, 2021, consisting of Izod, Van Heusen, Arrow, and Geoffrey Beene.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2021 |work=[[MarketWatch]] |title=PVH to sell Izod, Van Heusen and other labels to Authentic Brands in $220 million deal |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pvh-to-sell-izod-van-heusen-and-other-labels-to-authentic-brands-in-220-million-deal-11624457197 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> The sale closed on August 2, 2021 |url=https://pvh.com/news/press-releases/PVH-Corp-Completes-Sale-of-Heritage-Brands-to-Authentic-Brands-Group |

==Distribution==
PVH provides products to many popular department stores, such as [[JC Penney]], [[Macy's]], [[Myer|MYER]], [[David Jones Limited|David Jones]], [[Kohl's]], [[Belk]], and [[Dillard's]] as well as online retailer [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] both through its own labels and [[private label]] agreements. PVH also sells its products directly to customers through about 700 [[outlet stores]] under the brand names Van Heusen, Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

The Calvin Klein stores sell the full range of products at full price, differing from existing outlet stores. These stores are range from {{convert|10000|sqft|m2}} to {{convert|20000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name="luxury">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/style/08ihtrny.1.15973667.html|last=Weisman |first=Katie|date=September 8, 2008|title=The bigger, the better when it comes to luxury stores|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>

The brands are sold in different price segments; for the dresswear and business-casual brands, from lowest to highest priced are Arrow, Van Heusen, Geoffrey Beene, and Calvin Klein. For the [[preppy]]-styled brands, Izod occupies a more moderate price range while Tommy Hilfiger occupies a more premium segment.

Phillips-Van Heusen closed its Geoffrey Beene outlet retail division in 2008. Approximately 25 percent of the Geoffrey Beene outlet stores became Calvin Klein stores, while the remaining 75 percent of stores closed entirely.<ref name="closing">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/phillipsvanheusen/update-1-phillips-van-heusen-closing-geoffrey-beene-outlets-idUSN2842674120080528|last1=Geller |first1=Martinne|last2=Sivaraman|first2=Aarthi|last3=Wallace|first3=John |date=May 28, 2008|title=UPDATE 1-Phillips-Van Heusen closing Geoffrey Beene outlets|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name="luxury"/> The company continued to license the Geoffrey Beene brand name for Geoffrey Beene brand dress shirts and men's sportswear until 2018 when it acquired the brand outright. In 2015, PVH closed its Izod retail division due to an increasing competitive environment driven by more premium brands in the outlet retail channel; this did not affect Izod's wholesale business to department stores and online retailers. Select Izod products are now available at some Van Heusen stores; initially this only included the golf line, but now includes products from Izod's other lines (mostly from the Advantage and Saltwater lines). In July 2018, PVH launched a direct online sales platform on the Izod and Van Heusen websites where both brands are featured and can be cross-shopped on each other's site. On July 14, 2020, PVH announced that it would close its remaining Heritage Brands retail outlets operating mainly under the Van Heusen/Izod Golf names.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2020 |title=Outlet mall staple is closing all of its stores |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/heritage-brands-pvh-closures/index.html |access-date=July 15, 2020| work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> The Izod and Van Heusen brands are not being discontinued; the wholesale business, which sells their product to department stores, warehouse clubs, and online retailers, is not affected. The direct online sales platform for the Izod and Van Heusen brands will also remain active.

==Marketing==
In October 2007, PVH took over naming rights to the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]] arena in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], [[New Jersey]]. The arena's name was changed to the [[Izod Center]], and the change became effective on October 31, 2007. PVH paid about $1.4 million a year for two years, then paid $750,000 a year and included the arena employees IZOD uniforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/sports/basketball/05arena.html|date=October 5, 2019|title=Fashionable New Name for Arena|work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref> In 2015 IZOD center was permanently closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2015/01/its_official_izod_center_to_close_by_end_of_month.html|last=Sherman |first=Ted|date=January 15, 2015|title=It's official: Izod Center to close by end of month|work=[[NJ.com ]]|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>

==Controversy==

===Environmental practices===
In July 2011, PVH—along with other major fashion and [[Sportswear (activewear)|sportswear]] brands including [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Adidas]] and [[Abercrombie & Fitch]]—was the subject of a report by the environmental group [[Greenpeace]] entitled "Dirty Laundry". PVH is accused of working with suppliers in [[China]] who, according to the findings of the report, contribute to the pollution of the [[Yangtze]] and [[Pearl River (China)|Pearl River]]s. Samples taken from one facility belonging to the [[Youngor Group]] located on the [[Yangtze River Delta]] and another belonging to the Well Dyeing Factory Ltd. located on a tributary of the [[Pearl River Delta]] revealed the presence of hazardous and persistent [[hormone disruptor]] chemicals, including [[alkylphenols]], [[perfluorinated compound]]s, and [[perfluorooctane sulfonate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Dirty-Laundry/ |title=Dirty Laundry | Greenpeace International |publisher=Greenpeace.org |date=2011-07-13 |access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref>

In 2020, PVH announced for its sustainability policy for its Izod and Van Heusen brands to eliminate single use plastic from packaging by 2024, and use 100% sustainable cotton, polyester, and nylon by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Together in Good Company - OUR PLANET & PEOPLE MATTER. |url=https://izod.partnerbrands.com/en/responsibility |access-date=2020-09-14 |website=Izod.com}}</ref>

=== Use of animals ===
Concerns have also arisen about PVH's practices with regards to animal testing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/companystories.aspx?CompanyId=16896&CategoryId=288190 |title=PVH Corp - pollution|publisher=EthicalConsumer.org |date=2017-06-13 |access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref>

In 2020, PVH announced that as part of their animal welfare policy, the company does not use exotic skins and would be banning their use in [[Tommy Hilfiger (company)|Tommy Hilfiger]] and [[Calvin Klein]] collections when "our annual update of that policy is released."<ref>Rosemary Feitelberg,"PVH Corp. Said to Agree to Stop Using Exotic Skins, After Appeals by PETA," [https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/pvh-corp-said-to-agree-to-stop-using-exotic-skins-after-appeals-by-peta-1234579009/ WWD], 10 September 2020.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Iconix Brand Group]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
31. https://apparelresources.com/business-news/retail/pvh-opens-its-liaison-office-in-india

32. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140324005749/en/Arvind-Limited-Joins-Indian-Joint-Venture-with-PVH-Corp.-for-Operation-of-Calvin-Klein-Businesses-in-India

==External links==
* [http://www.pvh.com/ Corporate website]
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