Lucy Activewear (sometimes styled as "lucy" rather than "Lucy"), formerly known as Lucy.com, was an American clothing retailer based in Alameda, California. Founded in November 1999 by former Nike executives,[1] it specialized in activewear for women including clothing intended for use during yoga. It designed, manufactured and sold its own product lines including jackets, bras, tops, and bottoms.[2]
Initially an online-only retailer, Lucy opened brick and mortar stores in 2002 after the bursting of the dot-com bubble; for several years, the company completely shut down its web store. It was at that time the company changed its name from "Lucy.com" to "Lucy Activewear".[2] Though based in Portland, it did not open a store there in 2002 and did not have a retail presence in Oregon until it opened stores in Portland's Pearl District and Bridgeport Village two years later.[3] Lucy did have 60 stores located across the United States, primarily in California.
It was headquartered out of the KOIN Center in downtown Portland.[4]
Lucy Activewear, Inc. was acquired on August 24, 2007 for $110 million by North Carolina–based VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC).[5] [6]
In 2017, Lucy closed a majority of its stores and was merged into The North Face by the VF Corporation.[7]
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- Lucy Activewear expanding Portland Business Journal, September 19, 2008, retrieved May 21, 2009^
- Lucy Activewear, Inc. (Private Company Information) BusinessWeek.com, retrieved June 15, 2009^
- Woods Lloyd. Lucy Activewear begins major expansion effort Portland Business Journal, July 29, 2005, retrieved May 21, 2009^
- Lucy moving headquarters downtown Portland Business Journal, January 22, 2008, retrieved June 7, 2009^
- lucy (Media Kit) Lucy Activewear, Inc., retrieved May 21, 2009^
- Catherine Colbert. Lucy Activewear. Inc. (Company Description) Hoovers, retrieved May 21, 2009^
- Lucy Activewear will close stores and be folded into North Face brand The Drum, retrieved 2020-08-07^