Another struggling Orange County apparel company is downsizing.
Retailer Vans, whose parent company is VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC), is laying off 82 workers at its Costa Mesa headquarters, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter sent to state employment officials on April 29.
Jobs impacted include footwear and apparel product managers, buyers, designers, project managers across various divisions, a head designer of footwear and a digital marketing associate.
The layoffs, effective June 29, are part of 400 company-wide cuts announced this week by VF, which also owns Dickies, The North Face and Timberland.
“Over the past few months, VF has been working to reorganize select commercial functions globally, as part of the company’s ongoing business turnaround,” the company said in a statement. “While these decisions are never easy, we are confident this work will result in a stronger foundation that supports the company’s growth and value creation objectives. We’re committed to handling these changes with dignity and respect for all involved and want to thank those impacted through this process for their valued contributions to VF.”
Dickies, currently based in Fort Worth, Texas, is expected to relocate this month to Costa Mesa. It’s unclear how many employees will move to Costa Mesa. Texas employment data shows that Dickies plans to layoff 125 people as of May 30.
Earlier this year, Costa Mesa-based Liberated Brands filed for bankruptcy protection and shuttered its corporate offices in Costa Mesa, triggering 363 layoffs.
