L Brands | Company Overview & News (2024)

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L Brands, Inc. engages in the retail of women's intimate and other apparel, personal care, beauty, and home fragrance products. It operates through the following segments: Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works International. The Victoria's Secret segment sells women's intimate and other apparel, personal care, and beauty products under the Victoria's Secret and PINK brand names. The Bath & Body Works segment offers body care, home fragrance products, soaps, and sanitizers under the Bath & Body Works, White Barn, C.O. Bigelow, and other brand names. Th... Read More

L Brands, Inc. engages in the retail of women's intimate and other apparel, personal care, beauty, and home fragrance products. It operates through the following segments: Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works International. The Victoria's Secret segment sells women's intimate and other apparel, personal care, and beauty products under the Victoria's Secret and PINK brand names. The Bath & Body Works segment offers body care, home fragrance products, soaps, and sanitizers under the Bath & Body Works, White Barn, C.O. Bigelow, and other brand names. The Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works International segment includes the Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works stores located outside of the U.S. and Canada, as well as the online business in Greater China. The company was founded by Leslie Herbert Wexner in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH. Read Less

L Brands Company Stats

As of August 2021

Industry
Retailing
Founded
1990
Headquarters
Columbus, Ohio
Country/Territory
United States
CEO
Andrew Meslow
Employees
92,300

Forbes Lists

America's Best Employers By State (2021)Dropped off in 2022

Retail and Wholesale

#882

Global 2000 (2021)Dropped off in 2022

#861 - SALES

#767 - PROFITS

#989 - MARKET VALUE

#396

Best Employers for Diversity (2020)Dropped off in 2021

Retail and Wholesale

#38

Best Employers for New Grads (2018)Dropped off in 2019

#310

America's Largest Public Companies (2018)

Apparel/Footwear Retail

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