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Airwalk was founded by George Yohn, the founder of shoe manufacturers Blair Co. and Items International, and Bill Mann, a shoe purchaser for Payless Shoes. After making unbranded shoes for department stores in the 1970s, Items International attempted to produce branded athletic shoes in the early 1980s.
Hoka One One Tennine. The company was founded in 2009 by Nicolas Mermoud and Jean-Luc Diard, former Salomon employees. They sought to design a shoe that allowed for faster downhill running, and created a model with an oversized outsole that had more cushion than other running shoes at the time. [2]
Hush Puppies casual leather shoe. The Hush Puppies brand was founded in 1958 following extensive work to develop a practical method of pigskin tanning for the US military to use in gloves and other protective materials.
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Pay-Less National was founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas, by two cousins, Louis and Shaol Pozez, to open self-service stores selling budget footwear. Circa 1962–1963, Volume Shoe company purchased the original Hill Brothers Shoe Company based in Kansas City, Missouri and converted all 25 of their stores to the "Payless" name. In 1971, Volume ...
Leather is usually tanned using heavy metals, like chrome, which generate high levels of pollution in the waters close to tanneries. Veja has replaced heavy metals with acacia extracts, a natural tannin. Veja uses waterproof bottle mesh on the soles of sneakers. It takes three recycled plastic bottles to make a pair of shoes.
Brooks Sports, Inc. was founded in 1914 by John Brooks Goldenberg, following his purchase of the Quaker Shoe Company, a manufacturer of bathing shoes and ballet slippers. [9] Based in Philadelphia, it operated as a partnership between John Goldenberg and his brothers, Michael and Frank.
Sperry or Sperry Top-Sider is an American brand of boat shoe designed in 1935 by Paul A. Sperry. Sperrys, or Top-Siders, were the first boat shoes introduced into the boating and footwear markets. Until January 2024, the Sperry brand was owned by Wolverine World Wide and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.