Subsidy Tracker: Industry Summary Page
Major Industry:
apparel
Subsidy Total:
$2,446,396,081
Number of Awards:
552
Time Period:
Earliest year of data: 1994. Availability of data for earlier years varies greatly from program to program. The majority of the listings for this industry are for the period since 2012.
Notes:
The total includes only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. Dollar totals do not include awards for which no subsidy value is disclosed.
Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Subsidy $ | Number of Awards |
---|---|---|
Nike | $2,104,917,829 | 93 |
Vera Bradley | $187,716,260 | 65 |
Under Armour | $43,246,018 | 16 |
VF Corp. | $28,047,752 | 44 |
Guess Inc. | $21,450,000 | 2 |
LVMH | $15,359,028 | 25 |
Kering | $14,893,205 | 2 |
Ralph Lauren Corp. | $5,340,664 | 8 |
Hanesbrands | $4,137,436 | 15 |
PVH Corp. | $3,754,662 | 27 |
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Company | Parent | Location | Subsidy Source | Year | Subsidy Value | Loan/Bailout Value |
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Tri-Supreme Optical, LLC | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2009 | $6,662 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Liz Claiborne, Inc. | Tapestry Inc. | New York | local | 2003 | $196,802 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
OptiSource International | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2010 | $19,012 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Tri-Supreme Optical, LLC | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2010 | $3,364 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
NIKE RETAIL SERVICES, INC. | Nike | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
NAUTICA RETAIL USA, INC. | VF Corp. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
VICTORIA'S SECRET STORES LLC | Victoria's Secret & Co. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
CARTER'S RETAIL, INC. | Carter's Inc. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
PVH RETAIL STORES, INC. | PVH Corp. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
CARTER'S RETAIL, INC. | Carter's Inc. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
LEVI'S ONLY STORES, INC. | Levi Strauss | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
TIMBERLAND RETAIL, INC. | VF Corp. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
VF OUTLET, INC | VF Corp. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
PVH RETAIL STORES, INC. | PVH Corp. | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
SEPHORA USA, INC. | LVMH | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
BURBERRY LIMITED WHOLESALE | Burberry | New Jersey | state | undisclosed | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | ||
OptiSource International | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2008 | $32,149 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Liz Claiborne, Inc. | Tapestry Inc. | New York | local | 2008 | $110,000 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Tri-Supreme Optical, LLC | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2008 | $9,974 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
OptiSource International | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2011 | $19,625 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Luxottica US Holdings Corp. | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2012 | $127,101 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
OptiSource International | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2012 | $21,329 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
OptiSource International | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2013 | $20,295 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Luxottica US Holdings Corp. | EssilorLuxottica | New York | local | 2013 | $73,605 | tax credit/rebate; property tax abatement | |
Under Armour | Under Armour | Maryland | local | 2012 | $30,000,000 | tax increment financing | |
TAYLORMADE GOLF COMPANY, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION D/B/A/ TAYLORMADE-ADIDAS GOLF COMPANY | Adidas | California | state | 2005 | $42,666 | training reimbursement | |
LEVI STRAUSS & COMPANY | Levi Strauss | California | state | 2007 | $62,839 | training reimbursement | |
VF Imagewear, Inc. | VF Corp. | Tennessee | state | 2008 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
Luxottica Retail | EssilorLuxottica | Texas | state | 2009 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
Essilor - Creekview and Omega Facilities | EssilorLuxottica | Texas | state | 2010 | $280,161 | training reimbursement | |
VF Imagewear | VF Corp. | Florida | state | 2012 | $35,914 | training reimbursement | |
Luxottica North America | EssilorLuxottica | Tennessee | state | 2012 | $38,250 | training reimbursement | |
Hanes Brands, Inc. | Hanesbrands | Arkansas | state | 2010 | $27,410 | training reimbursement | |
Tiffany and Company Jewelers, Inc. | LVMH | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $200,000 | training reimbursement | |
Tiffany and Company Jewelers, Inc. | LVMH | Kentucky | state | 2011 | $50,000 | training reimbursement | |
Vera Bradley, Inc. | Vera Bradley | Indiana | state | 2012 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
HANES BRANDS INC | Hanesbrands | Arkansas | state | 2013 | $9,000 | training reimbursement | |
KP Sports, Inc. t/a Under Armour Performance Apparel | Under Armour | Maryland | state | 2004 | $27,776 | training reimbursement | |
Under Armour, Inc. | Under Armour | Maryland | state | 2008 | $25,000 | training reimbursement | |
Tiffany & Company | LVMH | Rhode Island | state | 2007 | undisclosed | training reimbursement | |
HANES BRANDS INC | Hanesbrands | Arkansas | state | 2014 | $7,000 | training reimbursement | |
VF Corporation dba Timberland | VF Corp. | New Hampshire | state | 2014 | $34,486 | training reimbursement | |
HANES BRANDS INC | Hanesbrands | Arkansas | state | 2015 | $60,000 | training reimbursement | |
Hanesbrands, Inc. ( Retraining) | Hanesbrands | Virginia | state | 2013 | $50,750 | training reimbursement | |
Hanesbrands, Inc. | Hanesbrands | Virginia | state | 2013 | $41,083 | training reimbursement | |
Pvh Corp. | PVH Corp. | California | state | 2016 | $86,328 | training reimbursement | |
Vf Outdoor, Llc | VF Corp. | California | state | 2016 | $52,200 | training reimbursement | |
Essilor Labs | EssilorLuxottica | Colorado | state | 2015 | $24,192 | training reimbursement | |
Sephora | LVMH | Mississippi | state | 2017 | $100,000 | training reimbursement | |
Sephora | LVMH | Mississippi | state | 2017 | $165,396 | training reimbursement | |
VF OUTDOOR LLC | VF Corp. | California | state | 2018 | $71,943 | training reimbursement | |
PVH CORP | PVH Corp. | California | state | 2018 | $15,300 | training reimbursement |
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