retail founded 2002 founder spencer antle headquarters west palm beach florida area served u.s.a caribbean central america asia europe products men s women s swimwear sunglasses suncare candles beach accessories jewelry & footwear . divisions island company originals island company retail island company lifestyle products escape travel live island vintage website http www.islandcompany.com island company is a wholesale and retail resort clothing brand founded in 2002 by spencer antle when his girlfriend at the time couldn t find a bikini . 1 island company has evolved from a small collection of women s swimwear to a lifestyle brand with products ranging from men s and women s travel apparel a skin care line sunglasses and beach and home accessories . 2 contents 1 history 2 lawsuits 3 locations 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit when island company was started antle and his girlfriend drove from store to store selling the line of 13 bikinis from their car . when antle and his girlfriend subsequently separated antle kept island company and added a men s line and other new products . the line was soon picked up by destination resort shops in the ritz carlton and four seasons hotels starting a transition for island company to become a full lifestyle resort brand beyond just a bikini line . 3 island company in the economic downturn of 2009 through 2010 decided to take the opposite approach to its peers shuttering of retail locations and instead took the opportunity to expand . island company opened 5 retail stores in 18 months at a time when most other retailers were closing their doors . however some of those retail locations have since closed . since opening their own retail locations island company was listed six years in a row in inc. magazine s top 500 fastest growing companies in the u.s.a nominated from 2010 to 2015 . 4 lawsuits edit in october 2014 island company filed a lawsuit against kendall jenner and kylie jenner daughters of kris jenner and caitlyn jenner for trademark infringement 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 against island company s famous mantra quit your job . buy a ticket . get a tan . fall in love . never return . 14 15 16 17 18 the jenner sisters had created a tee shirt through their deal with teen surf retailer pacsun that used the phrase run away . fall in love . never return . island company says the jenners version is likely to cause confusion mistake and deception among consumers . 19 in january of 2015 pac sun kendall jenner and kylie jenner settled with island company for an undisclosed sum and pac sun was instructed to remove all remaining product from stores . 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 locations edit island company has 7 freestanding branded retail stores ; nantucket massachusetts naples florida palm beach florida martha s vineyard massachusetts cayman islands including two locations in las vegas that opened in summer 2015 . two of those locations nantucket and martha s vineyard are only open seasonally during summer . in june 2015 it was announced that island company would be opening the largest store yet a 4 000sqft store at the ritz carlton ft. lauderdale . 30 island company sells to over 500 wholesale accounts worldwide . 31 32 island company is distributed in the u.s.a france great britain the caribbean europe mexico panama philippines costa rica canada south america and the caribbean basin . see also edit list of swimwear brands references edit money.cnn.com pbpulse.com milforddailynews.com naplesnews.com http www.vanityfair.com style 2015 10 kendall kylie jenner pacsun island company lawsuit http www.seventeen.com fashion celeb fashion news a37041 kendall and kylie jenners t shirts are being pulled from stores after major lawsuit http www.vogue.co.uk article kendall and kylie jenner pacsun sued trademarked t shirts lawsuit http www.racked.com 2016 1 6 10723228 kendall kylie pacsun lawsuit http www.torontosun.com 2016 01 06 kylie and kendall jenner settle clothing line lawsuit http www.contactmusic.net kylie jenner news kendall and kylie jenner settle clothing dispute 5079744 http www.thefashionlaw.com home jenners pacsun settle lawsuit over copied t shirts http www.businessinsider.sg jenner sisters under fire for copying a shirt at pacsun 2016 1 . vo2bbja4kdv yajuhzbiu4izjtpd .97 http icydk.com tag kendall jenner page 3 http www.islandlifestyle.com quit your job mantra http www.msn.com en us entertainment celebrity lea michele knows cory monteith would love matthew paetz plus more news ss aagroum image 7 http www.businessinsider.com jenner sisters under fire for copying a shirt at pacsun 2016 1 http www.celebuzz.com 2016 01 06 kendall kylie jenner fashion collection after pacsun lawsuit settlement http www.j 14 . com posts kylie and kendall s t shirts removed from stores 86217 http www.huffingtonpost.ca 2015 10 26 kendall kylie jenner sued n 8391578.html http www.dailymail.co.uk femail article 3386683 kendall kylie jenner s t shirts removed stores island company lawsuit.html http pagesix.com 2016 01 05 kendall and kylies shirts removed from stores after lawsuit https www.yahoo.com style heres shirt kendall kylie jenner 171936755.html http www.easternmirrornagaland.com kendall and kylies shirts removed from stores after lawsuit http www.kardashiantoday.com article here s the shirt kendall and kylie jenner designed that pacsun doesn t want you to see 40139549 32073d.html http www.balleralert.com profiles blogs kendall kylie tees pulled from pacsun http www.dailymail.co.uk femail article 3386683 kendall kylie jenner s t shirts removed stores island company lawsuit.html http www.kinston.com article zz 20160106 business 301069875 http www.thewhig.com 2016 01 06 kylie and kendall jenner settle clothing line lawsuit http www.businessinsider.com.au jenner sisters under fire for copying a shirt at pacsun 2016 1 satchell arlene . ritz carlton fort lauderdale begins 9 million summer renovation . sun sentinel . retrieved 21 april 2016 . wwd.com entrepreuneur.com external links edit island company official web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title island company & oldid 740822008 categories 2000s fashion2010s fashionclothing brands of the united statescompanies established in 2002clothing retailers of the united statesclothing companies of the united statesswimwear manufacturerscompanies based in palm beach county florida2002 establishments in florida 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 23 september 2016 at 14 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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