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Brantano Footwear

Brantano N.V.
Public
Industry Retail
Founded 1962
Headquarters Lede, Belgium
Number of locations
286 stores
Area served
Europe, Middle East
Key people
André Brantegem, Founder
Products Footwear
Revenue Decrease295.2 million (FY 2006)
Increase35.9 million (FY 2006)
Decrease29.5 million (FY 2006)
Number of employees
2,945
Parent Brantano N.V. (1962-2007)
Macintosh Retail Group (2007-2016)
Website www.brantano.com

Brantano Footwear is a European chain of retail stores specialising in footwear for men, women and children, that was founded in Belgium.

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.


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