Profile: The Timberland Company (TBL)

The Timberland Company (Timberland), incorporated on December 20, 1978, designs, develops, engineers, markets and distributes, under the Timberland, Timberland PRO, SmartWool, Timberland Boot Company, Howies and IPATH brands, footwear, apparel and accessories products for men, women and children. The Company’s products are sold primarily through independent retailers, department stores, athletic stores and other national retailers. In addition, its products are sold in Timberland specialty stores and Timberland factory outlet stores dedicated to selling Timberland and Timberland sub-branded products, as well as through franchised retail stores in Europe. The Company also sells its products in the United States online at timberland.com, smartwool.com and ipath.com, and in the United Kingdom online at timberlandonline.co.uk and howies.co.uk. Its products are sold throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, South Africa and the Middle East.

Footwear

The Company offers a variety of footwear products for men, women and children, featuring materials, functional design and components, and construction methods. Timberland’s principal Timberland brand footwear categories are boots, men’s and women’s casual, kids’ and outdoor adventure. The Timberland PRO series for tradespeople and working professionals, is an additional footwear category it developed to address a consumer group’s distinct needs. IPATH designs, develops and markets skateboarding-inspired casual footwear, apparel and accessories. The Company’s boots categories include Classic Boots, in 6” basic, chukka and oxford versions, as well as Roll-Tops and Chelseas. Another boot category is its Classic Sport Boots. Timberland’s Timberland men’s casual footwear series includes boat shoes, casual bucks, loafers, sandals, oxfords, chukkas, boots and slip-ons for use in the office, home or outdoors.

Timberland women’s CasualGear footwear line builds on the Rugged Casual and Sport Casual footwear offering with the introduction of the Timberland City product collection. Timberland kids’ footwear products are designed and engineered for kids with the same standards and materials as its adult footwear products. This line includes Rugged Casual, Outdoor Adventure, Sport Casual and toddlers and infants product categories. The Company’s Timberland outdoor performance footwear series addresses the needs of outdoor recreationalists of all levels, offering technical, end-use driven products for outdoor adventures from summit to sea and everywhere in between.

The Company’s performance water line was first introduced under the Mion brand name. Mion water shoes include a performance water shoe, a performance sandal, a guide slide and a pro thong for men, women and children. Mion footwear is designed for comfort and versatility in all wet conditions for the outdoor adventurer’s active lifestyle. Its Invention Factory developed a line of advanced footwear for trail running enthusiasts under the GoLite brand.

Apparel and Accessories

Timberland’s apparel offer for men and kids continues to represent a rugged casual line that includes outerwear and sportswear that combine performance benefits and technical fabrics for the outdoors with versatile styling. The Company also offers a women’s apparel line that is primarily distributed in Europe. SmartWool Corporation is a provider of wool-based socks, apparel and accessories for men, women and children. Its principal SmartWool product categories are performance and lifestyle socks for men, women and children and 100% SmartWool Next-to-Skin apparel in core base layer styles for men and women.