London Fog Industries Receives Marshall Field's Vendor Excellence Award

Business Wire, August 14, 2001

Business Editors

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001

London Fog Industries, an international leader in rainwear and outerwear, has received Marshall Field's Vendor Excellence Award for 2000 for the company's Pacific Trail and London Fog brands.

"We are honored to be recognized as one of Marshall Field's top vendors," said London Fog Industries President and Chief Executive Officer William Dragon, Jr. "This award is a testament to our strategic partnership with Marshall Field's, a level of commitment that we are dedicated to achieving with all of our retail customers."

The annual award recognized 26 vendor partners whose efforts consistently demonstrated a willingness to partner with Marshall Field's and help them achieve their goals. Pacific Trail and London Fog were selected over many other brands and were evaluated by Marshall Field's senior management based on outstanding performance in four key areas: profit growth, merchandising, logistics and vendor partnership.

This is the first year that London Fog Industries has received the Marshall Field's Vendor Excellence Award.

Marshall Field's is part of Target Corporation, and is one of the largest individual department store operations in the U.S. The company has annual revenues of over $3 billion, generated from more than 14 million square feet of retail space at 64 stores in eight states. The company employs approximately 35,000 team members.

Established in 1922, London Fog Industries is one of the country's leading designers, marketers, and distributors of quality rainwear and outerwear which includes the London Fog(R), Pacific Trail(R), Black Dot(R), Moonstone(R) and Roffe(R) brands as well as the licensed Dockers(R) brand. London Fog Industries is based in Seattle, with offices in New York and a distribution center in Eldersburg, Maryland. The company has over 900 employees and currently operates 35 factory outlet stores throughout the country.