Bacup Shoe Company

The Bacup Shoe Company
Headquarters Lancashire, England
Subsidiaries Redfoot[1]
Website www.bacupshoe.com

The Bacup Shoe Company is a footwear company based in the village of Stacksteads, near Bacup, Lancashire, England. The Bacup Shoe Co. was founded and incorporated in 1928 by Ernst Goodwin.[2] The Bacup Shoe company was one of the last well known footwear manufacturers to stop manufacturing in the late 1990s and turn to importing footwear from the Far East.[3][4] Suppliers are based in China (where the company is also based), Vietnam and Spain.[5][6]

History

The Bacup Shoe Company was founded in 1928 by Ernest Goodwin, a former footballer for Manchester City F.C., along with shoemaker Walter Smith.[7] In 2002 the company opened a new division called Alpha Logistics & Warehousing to make full use of the available warehouse storage facilities and the talented local workforce.[8] Along with the expansion of its headquarters the company has recently launched a new girls shoe brand, named Redfoot After Party Shoe, which are a patented range of foldable shoes.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Cornall, Vanessa (5 October 2011). "Bacup entrepreneur fails to scoop Dragons' Den investment". Lancaster Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Wide Fitting Famous Footwear and Famous Foot Care Products by - Natureform.co.uk
  3. ↑ Lancashire County Council: Lancashire Profile
  4. ↑ Retailing - UK News 1998
  5. ↑ SHOEINFONET Wanted - Employee
  6. ↑ "Bacup Shoes". www.bacupshoe.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Adams, Chris (19 March 2014). "Historic Rossendale shoe companies to be immortalised". Lancaster Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Stepping Into the Global Market". SAP. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

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