Leder und Schuh
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| Founded | 1872 |
| Headquarters | Graz, Austria |
| Products | Shoes, Apparel, Accessories |
| Revenue | 521 Mio. EUR |
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Number of employees
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about 3,600 |
| Website | www.lsag.com |
The Leder & Schuh Group, one of the largest shoe companies in Europe, employs over 3,600 people in more than 340 locations and gains total revenue of 521 million Euros. (2014)
The corporation is not listed on the . According to its account Leder & Schuh is the market leader in Austria and Slovenia and number two in Hungary and Slovakia.
The main business areas are Corti, Humanic, Jello and Shoe 4 You.
The Executive Board consists of Mag. Werner Weber and Thomas Weber.(2016)
The history of Humanic begins with a shoe factory. In 1872 "D.H. Pollak & Co" settles in Graz and lays the foundation for today's holding company "Leder & Schuh International AG" with its headquarters still at the same premises. Soon "D.H. Pollak & Co" manages numerous factories and stores and produces 20,000 pairs per week, thus becoming the biggest producer of shoes in Central Europe. The company opens stores in Prague, Budapest, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Trieste, Meran, and Temesvar and even exports its shoes to Africa, America, Australia and India. “D.H. Pollak & Co” are global players, which also manifests itself in the new name: "Goodyear Welt-Schuhfabrik — D.H. Pollak & Co" (“Goodyear World Shoe Factory — D.H. Pollak & Co”).
In 1904 shoe production and trade are further expanded, and stores are set up as far afield as Constantinople (Istanbul), Plovdiv, Sofia and Berlin. Due to the take-over of the American company "Humanic", the company changes its name again: In 1907, the “American Shoe House Humanic" opens its first two stores in Vienna, on Kärntnerring 6, opposite the famous Hotel Bristol, and in Mariahilferstraße 92, opposite Hotel Palace.
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