subsidiary industry fashion founded 1918 ; 98 years ago 1918 boston massachusetts u.s. headquarters stratham new hampshire u.s. number of locations 85 united states 18 canada 34 united kingdom 3 venezuela 5 chile 1 colombia 1 argentina products footwear and apparel revenue 1.5 billion usd 2011 1 number of employees 2 016 u.s. 3 402 foreign parent vf website timberland.com footnotes references 2 3 timberland llc is an american manufacturer and retailer of outdoors wear with a focus on footwear . it is owned by vf corporation . timberland footwear is marketed towards people intending outdoor use . 4 the company also sells apparel such as clothes watches glasses sunglasses and leather goods . timberland s corporate headquarters are located in stratham new hampshire . timberland also operates from offices in other parts of the world . horween leather company supplies leather shells for footwear to the timberland company . 5 contents 1 company history 2 stores 3 references 4 external links company history edit timberland store marina bay sands singapore in 1918 timberland founder nathan swartz began his shoe making career in boston massachusetts as an apprentice stitcher . in 1952 swartz bought half an interest in the abington shoe company in south boston mainly doing contract work for other manufacturers . in 1955 swartz bought the remaining interest and brought his sons into the company . in 1965 the swartz family introduced the then innovative injection molding technology into the footwear industry . this enabled the production of virtually waterproof boots made in colder temperature form or in tropical weather form depending on the customer by connecting the soles to the leather uppers without stitching . 6 in 1969 moved the base of its manufacturing operations to newmarket new hampshire . in 1973 the brand name timberland was introduced for the waterproof leather boots produced by the company . because the boot proved to be very popular the company name was officially changed to the timberland company . in 1978 and 1979 timberland added casual and boat shoes to its boots product line . in the 1980s the company expanded internationally first into the italian market thanks to the paninari youth movement in milan who wore and launched the timberland brand and later to many other countries . in 1984 purchased a former melville factory in tennessee and relocated manufacturing . herman swartz one of the founder s sons took the helm at the company . under his leadership timberland began to evolve its brand adding clothing and women s shoes to its products . in 1986 herman was looking to retire . both nike and his brother had offers to buy him out and sidney became the new ceo . sidney also brings in his son jeffery as head of international sales . throughout the 1990s the timberland company added more product lines such as backpacks watches and kids footwear . in 1998 the timberland pro series of workboots for the professional was launched . jeffrey swartz stepped up to become chief executive officer of the company and brand his grandfather uncle and father had started . 7 in 2006 the company acquired howies the welsh clothing company . 8 in 2007 timberland acquired skateboard footwear company ipath . 9 ipath was sold in 2011 to klone labs . 10 in 2011 timberland signed a definitive merger agreement with vf corporation at 43 per share or approximately 2 billion . 11 in 2012 howies was sold to its management by vf . 12 stores edit in addition to stores in the united states timberland also operates stores worldwide including several retail and factory outlets in canada 13 united kingdom 14 argentina colombia chile and brazil . references edit timberland 2010 annual report timberland.com retrieved july 8 2011 100 best companies to work for 2007 . cnnmoney.com . retrieved september 5 2007 . the timberland company overview . hoovers . retrieved september 5 2007 . lifestyle branding as more companies embrace it consumer opposition grows kl jung m merlin journal of integrated marketing 2003 jimc.medill.northwestern.edu horween leather company . encyclopedia.com . retrieved march 26 2013 . timberland about us timeline . retrieved july 23 2014 . haaretz meet the jewish billionaire who studies torah every morning march 16 2012 timberland buys green company . bbc news . february 13 2007 . retrieved may 25 2010 . timberland announces acquisition of ipath . april 26 2007 . retrieved september 5 2007 . timberland sells ipath to klone lab de la merced michael j june 13 2011 . vf corporation to buy timberland . the new york times . retrieved march 2 2012 . on our own two feet a howies blog post january 6 2012 . http timberlandcanada.leafhound.com http www.timberlandonline.co.uk en stores wikimedia commons has media related to timberland company . external links edit official page uk site german site french site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the timberland company & oldid 744024330 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