Centric Brands
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 1987
- Employees
- 1001-5000
- Offices
- 9
About Centric Brands
Overview: Centric Brands is a leading global lifestyle brand collective headquartered in New York City. The company designs, sources, markets, and sells high-quality products across the kids, men’s and women’s apparel, accessories, beauty, and entertainment categories.
Portfolio: Centric Brands operates a portfolio of over 100 licensed and owned brands. Licensed brands include Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Spyder, Under Armour, Joe’s Jeans, Buffalo, Hervé Léger, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, All Saints, Frye, Timberland, Jessica Simpson, Disney, Marvel, Nickelodeon, and Warner Brothers. Owned brands include Zac Posen, Hudson, Robert Graham, Avirex, Taste Beauty, Fiorelli, SWIMS, and Vingino. The company also operates joint ventures such as Favorite Daughter, Jennifer Fisher, and Palm Tree Crew.
Operations: The company’s products are sold globally through leading mass-market retailers, specialty and department stores, and online channels. Centric Brands has expertise in product design, development, sourcing, retail and digital commerce, marketing, and brand building.
Focus: Specialization includes lifestyle brand management, product development, digital commerce, retail partnerships, and licensing across key categories like kids, apparel, accessories, beauty, and entertainment.
More about Centric Brands
Leadership: Key people include Jason Rabin (CEO), Sid Keswani (President), Rob Smith (President, Kids Division), and Anurup Pruthi (CFO).
Strategic Moves: Recent acquisitions include Vingino (2025), The Messi Store (2024), and Joe’s Jeans (2021). A partnership launched an apparel line with GAME 7 in Amazon Stores (2025). The company rebranded from Differential Brands Group in 2018 and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020.
Vision: Mission is to be a leading global lifestyle brand collective that builds long-term value through growing brands across diverse product categories. Values include a commitment to social impact, community upliftment, and collective volunteerism.
Industry: Retail Apparel and Fashion.
Offices
Where Centric Brands is based
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal office
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto office
- Hong Kong
Hong Kong office
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Milan office
- Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Amsterdam office
- London, England, United Kingdom
London office
- Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Greensboro office
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
- New York, United States
New York office
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