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  2. Florsheim Shoes - Wikipedia

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    Florsheim & Co. was founded in Chicago in 1892 by Milton S. Florsheim. [1]The company marked its shoes with its own name and assisted stores in promoting them. By 1930, Florsheim was making women's shoes and had five Chicago factories and 2,500 employees, with 71 stores partly or entirely company-owned and 9,000 stores around the US selling Florsheims.

  3. Milton S. Florsheim - Wikipedia

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    Florsheim was born to a Jewish family [2] in Montreal, Canada on July 27, 1868, the son of Henriette (née Nusbaum) and Sigmund Florsheim. [3] Shortly before he started grade school, the Florsheim family relocated to the Chicago area. He attended Chicago public schools. [3] He worked in his father's shoe store before founding Florsheim Shoes in ...

  4. Weyco Group - Wikipedia

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    When the Florsheim Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002, Weyco purchased some of the company's assets. [3] Weyco acquired Umi in 2010, [4] and in 2011 it acquired The Combs Company and its BOGS and Rafters footwear brands. [5] Weyco is led by Thomas Florsheim Jr. (the great-grandson of Milton S. Florsheim). [3] [2]

  5. Florsheim Shoe Company Building - Wikipedia

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    The Florsheim Shoe Company Building is a former factory for the Florsheim Shoe Company and a Chicago Landmark in the Avondale neighborhood. The building was built between 1924 and 1926 when the Florsheim Shoe Company had "2,500 employees, 71 retail outlets, 9,000 dealers and a network of regional wholesale distributors". [ 1 ]

  6. Furniture Brands International - Wikipedia

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    Major acquisitions included high-end shoe maker Florsheim in 1952, Canada's largest shoe maker, Savage Shoes, Ltd., in 1954, and Caribe Shoe Corporation of Puerto Rico in 1958. That last deal led to the closing of a plant in Chester, Illinois, that had operated since 1916 and was making 5,000 shoes a day. A retail division began in 1959, and ...

  7. Zappos - Wikipedia

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    Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. [1] The company was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn and launched under the domain name Shoesite.com. In July 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos in an all-stock deal worth around $1.2 billion at the time.

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