The brand In 1970, the french Daniel Raufast came across a poster advertising Hair, the musical. Interested by all the barefooted youngsters wearing jeans, he developed a new shoe concept which he believed to be more compatible with...

The brand In 1952, Nathan Swartz bought half of The Abington Shoe Company and three years later he bought the rest of the shares. Then in 1973, the company changed the name to The Timberland Company due to the...

At 29, Brian Smith decided that a life in Public Accounting was not for him. He quit his job and went to California to look for a new business idea and to surf all the legendary breaks...

The brand Landing on Scottish soil, the American entrepreneur Henry Lee Norris founded the North British Rubber Company, later to be known as Hunter. There he produced boots and other industrial items, using the newly patented...

Reinventing sneakers Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain Morillion founded Veja in 2005 and have been making sneakers differently infusing each stage of production with a positive impact. They decided to make sneakers but this product highlights the...

The success of Birkenstock is rooted in its commitment to the art of making orthopedically inspired shoes. Over the centuries, it has built up a wealth of unparalleled experience that it has passed down from one generation...

In 1944, Paul Van Doren dropped out of intermediate school and he started to work at Randy’s, a shoe manufacturer. Paul eventually became the executive vice president of the company at just 34 years old....