PVH Corp. (PVH)
Apparel brands and stores, 26,000, 34% U.S.. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending February 1, 2026, filed March 31, 2026. Ranked 7 of the 75 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
25%
End of 2028
35%
Employees, annual report
26,000
Leading staffing pattern
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now25%
- End of 202733%
- End of 202835%
- End of 203036%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 64%
- Becomes checking a model's work 21%
- Handed over with lighter checks 13%
The filing states the shares in stores, offices and distribution and the U.S. share, so every pattern is by count (a), with the office staff's pattern by description.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 25% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 25% people work and 40% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 64% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 21% becomes checking a model's work and 13% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
26,000 employees as of February 1, 2026 (stated). Approximately 34% employed in the United States, as the filing states.
The filing: “As of February 1, 2026, we employed approximately 26,000 associates, of which approximately 11,000 associates were employed on a part-time basis. Approximately 34% of our associates are employed in the United States. Approximately 64% of our associates are employed in Company-operated retail stores, 31% are assigned to offices and 5% are employed in warehousing and distribution facilities.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers | 64% | 64% of associates in Company-operated retail stores, as the filing states (a). |
| Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers | 31% | 31% assigned to offices, as the filing states (a): the design, sourcing, wholesale and brand staff of an apparel company that contracts its manufacturing, read at the apparel wholesale pattern by description. |
| Warehousing and Storage | 5% | 5% in warehousing and distribution facilities, as the filing states (a). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 26,000 associates, 11,000 part-time; 34% in the United States; 64% in retail stores, 31% in offices, 5% in warehousing and distribution; about 2% represented by two unions in the United States; works councils in several European countries; seasonal hiring not significant.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- TJX (TJX, 377,000 employees)23% now, 31% by 2028
- Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST, 111,000 employees)23% now, 29% by 2028
- Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL, 83,309 employees)23% now, 31% by 2028
- The Gap, Inc. (GAP, 79,000 employees)23% now, 32% by 2028
- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO, 45,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF, 43,200 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
- Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU, 39,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
- Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN, 31,000 employees)24% now, 30% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
4 sentences in the filing name AI. Four sentences: a partnership with OpenAI to integrate an enterprise ChatGPT platform across operations, and the data, privacy, legal and operational risks of AI in its systems and its partners'.
- “We compete within the apparel industry primarily on the basis of: anticipating and responding to changing consumer tastes, demands and shopping preferences in a timely manner and developing distinctive, attractive, quality products; maintaining favorable brand recognition, reputation and relevance, including through digital brand engagement and online and social media presence; appropriately pr...”
- “We recently announced a partnership with OpenAI to integrate an enterprise ChatGPT platform throughout various aspects of our operations for which there can be no assurance that we will be fully successful in our utilization of artificial intelligence.”
- “The growing integration of artificial intelligence into business systems and processes both by us and our business partners poses data exposure, privacy, legal, operational and other risks that could adversely affect us and our business.”
- “Additionally, malicious actors are using artificial intelligence to carry out more sophisticated social engineering attacks, increasing the potential for harm.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20242median 4
- Fiscal 20254median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-01 | 26,000 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K |
| 2025-02-02 | 28,000 | 2025-04-01 | 10-K |
| 2024-02-04 | 29,000 | 2024-04-02 | 10-K |
| 2023-01-29 | 31,000 | 2023-03-28 | 10-K |
| 2022-01-30 | 31,000 | 2022-03-30 | 10-K |
| 2021-01-31 | 33,000 | 2021-03-31 | 10-K |
| 2020-02-02 | 21,500 | 2020-04-01 | 10-K |
| 2019-02-03 | 20,500 | 2019-03-29 | 10-K |
| 2018-02-04 | 19,600 | 2018-03-30 | 10-K |
| 2017-01-29 | 18,800 | 2017-03-24 | 10-K |
| 2016-01-31 | 18,200 | 2016-03-25 | 10-K |
| 2015-02-01 | 17,600 | 2015-04-01 | 10-K |
| 2014-02-02 | 16,700 | 2014-04-03 | 10-K |
| 2013-02-03 | 11,800 | 2013-04-03 | 10-K |
| 2012-01-29 | 10,900 | 2012-03-28 | 10-K |
| 2011-01-30 | 10,500 | 2011-03-30 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-31 | 5,300 | 2010-03-31 | 10-K |
| 2009-02-01 | 6,000 | 2009-04-01 | 10-K |
| 2008-02-03 | 6,300 | 2008-04-03 | 10-K |
| 2007-02-04 | 5,600 | 2007-04-05 | 10-K |
| 2006-01-29 | 5,200 | 2006-04-14 | 10-K |
| 2005-01-30 | 4,900 | 2005-04-14 | 10-K |
| 2004-02-01 | 5,000 | 2004-04-15 | 10-K |
| 2003-02-02 | 5,670 | 2003-04-21 | 10-K |
| 2002-02-03 | 5,200 | 2002-04-26 | 10-K |
| 2001-02-04 | 6,600 | 2001-04-26 | 10-K |
| 2000-01-30 | 6,200 | 2000-04-19 | 10-K |
| 1999-01-31 | 7,550 | 1999-04-28 | 10-K |
| 1998-02-01 | 2,150 | 1998-04-15 | 10-K |
| 1997-02-02 | 9,550 | 1997-04-30 | 10-K |
| 1996-01-28 | 9,800 | 1996-04-26 | 10-K |
| 1995-01-29 | 10,000 | 1995-05-01 | 10-K |
| 1994-01-30 | 10,200 | 1994-04-29 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The office staff's pattern is by description: an apparel company that designs and sources rather than manufactures is read at the apparel wholesale pattern.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000078239-26-000021, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of PVH Corp.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 25% now and 35% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce PVH Corp.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does PVH Corp. employ?
- 26,000 as of February 1, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending February 1, 2026 states. About 34% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up PVH Corp.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers; by those patterns the work is about 36% desk work, 25% people work and 40% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does PVH Corp.'s annual report say about AI?
- 4 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 2 and 4 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 3, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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