Brantano Footwear

Brantano Footwear (Brantano, en de wereld ligt aan je voeten (English: Brantano, and the world is at your feet)) was a European chain of retail stores specialising in footwear for men, women and children, that was founded in Belgium.

Brantano N.V.
TypePublic
IndustryRetail
Founded1962
Defunct2017
HeadquartersLede, Belgium
Number of locations
286 stores
Area served
Europe, Middle East
Key people
André Brantegem, Founder
ProductsFootwear
Revenue 295.2 million (FY 2006)
35.9 million (FY 2006)
29.5 million (FY 2006)
Number of employees
2,945[1]
ParentBrantano N.V. (1962-2007)
Macintosh Retail Group (2007-2016)
Websitewww.brantano.be/nl/

It went into administration in March 2017. The stores closed in June 2017 with the loss of over 900 jobs.

Origin

The company originated from a small factory run by André Brantegem and his brother in Lede, East Flanders. The Brantegem brothers were sons of a cobbler. They specialised in ladies' shoes which they sold to wholesalers and retailers in Belgium. Eventually the brothers separated and in 1962 André initiated a retail outlet at the factory. This evolved into the Brantano chain of shoe shops.

Brantano closed its Dutch and Danish stores in 2005, and subsequently liquidated its French stores.

In 2007, Dutch holding company Macintosh Retail Group took over ownership of Brantano. In 2015, Macintosh sold the Brantano UK subsidiary to Alteri Investors.

Subsidiaries

  • Brantano Luxembourg SA, operates stores in Luxembourg.
  • Brimmo NV and Muys NV, operates stores in Belgium.

References

Media related to Brantano at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.