VF Corp to sell Dickies for $600 million, shares rise
** Shares of apparel maker VF Corp VFC.N rise 3% to $15.3 premarket ** VFC says it will sell its workwear brand, Dickies, to privately held brand management firm Bluestar Alliance in a cash deal valued at $600 million ** VFC also houses brands such as The North Face, Vans and Timberland ** As of last close, VFC stock down ~30.8% YTD (Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan) ((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))