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Kontoor Brands, Inc.

A denim and workwear company behind two of America's most famous jean brands, Wrangler and Lee, worn by everyone from ranchers and rodeo riders to everyday shoppers. Kontoor was created in 2019 when apparel giant VF Corporation spun off its jeanswear division into a standalone business, taking the old H.D. Lee Mercantile line (founded in 1889 as a Kansas wholesaler) and the cowboy-culture brand Wrangler with it. Fun fact: the Blue Bell name that once owned Wrangler came from a brass bell, gifted by railroad workers, that got coated in blue denim dust.