Kontoor Brands: New Kid on the Block in Lifestyle Apparel North Carolina-based company Kontoor Brands, Inc. is shaking up the lifestyle apparel industry with its unique approach to designing, producing, procuring, marketing, distributing, and licensing denim, apparel, footwear, and accessories under high profile brands Wrangler, Lee, and Rock & Republic. Leveraging its extensive network of mass merchants, specialty stores, mid-tier and traditional department stores, and company-operated outlets, Kontoor Brands is committed to reaching consumers across the globe. Since its founding in 2018, the company has established a strong presence in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Despite accruing relatively little recognition to-date among the industry's established players, Kontoor Brands' unique vision possesses considerable potential to disrupt the apparel world in the years ahead.