--- description: Netflix's series “Squid Game” is giving a boost to the maker of Vans shoes as fans clamor for the white sneakers featured in the drama title: Hit Series ‘Squid Game’ Gives Boost to Vans Sneaker Sales image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3a4653bc34f33d0/698a1dfd16d884b1dfc39db8/GettyImages-1235960700.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Netflix's Hit Series _Squid Game_ Gives Boost to Vans Sneaker Sales by [Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2021 7:08 PM CUT  The Netflix Inc. television series 'Squid Game' on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. The Netflix Inc. television series 'Squid Game' on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.Gabby Jones—Bloomberg/Getty by [Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2021 7:08 PM CUT Netflix Inc.’s hit series “Squid Game” is giving a boost to footwear and apparel maker VF Corp. as fans clamor for the white Vans sneakers featured in the dystopian drama. “We saw a nice spike,” Chief Executive Officer Steve Rendle said Friday on a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings, before clarifying that the bump was “small.” Still, the company, which also owns the Supreme streetwear brand and Timberland, plans to capitalize on its connection to a pop culture phenomenon by “leaning into the classics campaign.” VF’s shares pared much of their earlier losses, declining 1.5% at 12:58 p.m. The company’s third-quarter sales and profit missed Wall Street’s expectations. “Squid Game” is now Netflix’s most-streamed show ever, with more than 140 million households watching it in its first four weeks of release. The content-streaming giant is now projecting the show to create almost $900 million in value for the company, Bloomberg [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-17/squid-game-season-2-series-worth-900-million-to-netflix-so-far "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6109560/squid-game-vans-sneaker-sales/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6109560/squid-game-vans-sneaker-sales/"},"headline":"Netflix's Hit Series Squid Game Gives Boost to Vans Sneaker Sales","datePublished":"2021-10-22T19:08:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T10:27:14.836Z","description":"Netflix's series “Squid Game” is giving a boost to the maker of Vans shoes as fans clamor for the white sneakers featured in the drama","url":"https://time.com/6109560/squid-game-vans-sneaker-sales/","keywords":["Companies","wire","biztech2030","bloomberg wire"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3a4653bc34f33d0/698a1dfd16d884b1dfc39db8/GettyImages-1235960700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3a4653bc34f33d0/698a1dfd16d884b1dfc39db8/GettyImages-1235960700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Netflix Illustrations Ahead Of Earnings Figures","caption":"The Netflix Inc. television series 'Squid Game' on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.","creditText":"Gabby Jones—Bloomberg/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6109560/squid-game-vans-sneaker-sales/","name":"Netflix's Hit Series Squid Game Gives Boost to Vans Sneaker Sales"}}]}] ```