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VF Corp. announced today plans to purchase family-owned workwear company Williamson-Dickie for $820 million.
Through the deal, Williamson-Dickie's brands Dickies and Kodiak would join with VF Corp.'s Wrangler, Timberland and The North Face.
Together, the companies would have $1.7 billion in annual revenue.
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