Nicole at Vineyard Vines

Revenue milestone

User:Crystallizedcarbon, thanks for reviewing the above request! I'd like to suggest mention of another milestone, this time related to revenue. Currently, the "Expansion" section has a revenue statement about the mid-2000s, then says, "In 2015, the company inaugurated a new headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut."

I propose adding the following sentence in between these two as a revenue milestone for the mid-2010s:

• "In 2015, Racked said Vineyard Vines earned $308 million for the most recent fiscal year and had a 43 percent revenue growth in 2014."

References

I'll let editors decide if this is worth including as a general milestone. Crystallizedcarbon, I see you've gone back and forth with another editor over the "Legal Matters" section. The series of edits seems to be by someone whose only edits are adding negative text about the company. In doing so, from what I understand, they may have introduced copyright violations and added Category:Discrimination and Category:Lawsuits. I'll also ask, are Legal Newsline and ClassAction.org reliable journalistic sources? I wasn't sure based on my initial reading of guidelines. Thanks, Nicole at Vineyard Vines (talk) 20:21, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

@Crystallizedcarbon: Thanks for removing the inappropriate categories. I'd love to address this sooner than later, if there's anywhere you suggest I submit a request for further review. Meantime, I'm sharing an additional request below to add mention of a claim re: $1 billion valuation. Thanks again! Nicole at Vineyard Vines (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

$1 billion valuation

I propose adding mention of the company's approximately $1 billion valuation in 2016, per many sources:

• Reuters: "Vineyard Vines, a U.S preppy clothing and accessory retailer, is working with investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N to sell a minority stake that could value the company at as much as $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Monday."
• Racked: "Vineyard Vines – the prep-tastic retailer with the pink whale logo — could soon be valued at as much as $1 billion, according to a report from Reuters. Sources tell Reuters that Vineyard Vines is working with investment bank Goldman Sachs in order to sell a minority stake to investors, and that process could result in a billion-dollar valuation."
• Women's Wear Daily: "Although a Reuters report put the valuation of the company at $1 billion"
• Fast Company: "In 2015, the brand brought in $308 million in revenue and Goldman Sachs recently valued the company at as much as $1 billion."
• Business Insider: "...share what it was like quitting their corporate jobs to sell ties on the beach and cofound Vineyard Vines, a company worth nearly $1 billion"
• Boston Magazine: "... turned the brand into a billion-dollar empire" + "in 2016, Reuters estimated the company's value at nearly a billion dollars"
• Forbes: "Despite the fall of retail and the rise of casual wear, Vineyard Vines has quietly built a near-billion-dollar brand"

@Crystallizedcarbon: Might you be willing to update the article again using whichever sources you think are best? Thanks again for your continued help. Nicole at Vineyard Vines (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Kentucky Derby partnership

Hi again, and thanks to User:Crystallizedcarbon for assisting with the above request.

I'd now like to request adding mention of Vineyard Vines' partnership with the Kentucky Derby. I propose adding the following:

• Vineyard Vines has served as the "official style partner" of the Kentucky Derby and launched exclusive collections for the annual hose race.

References

There are other sources for confirming this claim but hopefully the ones I've provided are helpful. Thanks again! Nicole at Vineyard Vines (talk)

Hello Nicole, I'm sorry, but it does not seem that notable to me. In my opinion there should be substantially more nationwide coverage to merit inclusion. Also remember that this content requests should go on the talk page of the article itself. Thank you and Regards, --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:50, 4 February 2021 (UTC)