november 1999 ; 16 years ago 1999 11 as lucy.com portland oregon u.s. headquarters alameda california u.s. number of locations 60 stores area served arizona california colorado connecticut illinois maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota nevada new jersey oregon texas virginia washington and washington d.c. key people 1 products clothing revenue 57 million 2007 2 parent vf corporation website lucy activewear lucy activewear sometimes styled as lucy rather than lucy formerly known as lucy.com 3 is an american clothing retailer based in alameda california . founded in november 1999 by former nike executives 4 it specializes in activewear for women including clothing intended for use during yoga . it designs manufactures and sells its own product lines including items such as jackets bras tops and bottoms . 1 2 3 initially an online only retailer lucy opened brick and mortar stores in 2002 after the bursting of the dot com bubble ; for several years the company completely shut down its web store . it was at that time the company changed its name from lucy.com to lucy activewear . 3 though based in portland it did not open a store there in 2002 and did not have a retail presence in oregon until it opened stores in portland s pearl district and bridgeport village two years later . 5 today lucy has 60 stores located across the united states primarily in california . 1 it was headquartered out of the koin center in downtown portland . 6 lucy activewear inc. was acquired on august 24 2007 for 110 million by north carolina based vf corporation nyse vfc . 1 2 notes edit a b c d lucy media kit pdf . lucy activewear inc. retrieved may 21 2009 . a b c colbert catherine . lucy activewear . inc. company description . hoovers . retrieved may 21 2009 . a b c lucy activewear inc. private company information . businessweek.com . retrieved june 15 2009 . lucy activewear expanding . portland business journal . september 19 2008 . retrieved may 21 2009 . lloyd woods july 29 2005 . lucy activewear begins major expansion effort . portland business journal . retrieved may 21 2009 . lucy moving headquarters downtown . portland business journal . january 22 2008 . retrieved june 7 2009 . external links edit official website lucy.com parent company official website vf corporation this business related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this oregon corporate or for profit organization related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lucy activewear & oldid 730602453 categories retail companies established in 1999companies based in portland oregonclothing companies of the united statesretail companies of the united states1999 establishments in oregonbusiness stubsunited states retail company stubsoregon company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 02 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view