The North Face’s Global Growth Plan Calls For 300 New Stores

The North Face (Alameda, Calif.) has unveiled a five-year growth plan that calls for the outdoor retailer to add up to 300 retail and partner locations globally, including more than 70 new stores in North America.

The specialty retailer, a unit of VF Corp. (Denver), also said it will update existing stores to align with its refreshed approach, which involves creating a retail environment that communicates the “athlete-tested, expedition-proven” messaging of the brand.

The centerpiece of that initiative is an easily movable point-of-sale area that will allow stores to change their layouts in order to create a more experiential shopping journey.

“As consumers want to engage with The North Face physically as well as digitally, we want to create consistent and welcoming experiences across all our retail locations for both new and established explorers,” Jason Thomas, Senior Director of Retail at The North Face, said in a statement emailed to various retail publications. “This growth strategy will allow us to share our values and connect with customers on a deeper level in multiple different locations and touch points across the globe.”

North Face merchandise is available at more than 3500 stores and partner locales around the world. Notable openings this year include stores in Schaumburg, Ill.; Portland, Ore.; Hangzhou and Nanjing, China; and Stuttgart, Germany.

Store openings in 2023 will include locations in Minnetonka, Minn.; Indianapolis; Wauwatosa, Wis.; London Battersea in the U.K.; and Garmisch, Germany.