Allen Edmonds

Allen Edmonds is an American upscale shoe manufacturing and retail company based in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The company was established in Belgium, Wisconsin in 1922.
As of the end of 2017, Allen Edmonds operates some 78 stores, an increase from 2006, when it had 18 stores. It manufactures its shoes in the United States, as well as in Italy and the Dominican Republic.
In 2006, 90% of the shares in the company were bought by Minneapolis-based investment firm Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison for $100 million. In 2013, the company announced that it would be acquired by private equity firm Brentwood Associates. In December 2016, Caleres acquired Allen Edmonds from Brentwood Associates for $255 million.
The President is Malcolm Robinson, Robinson previously was an 
executive at One Jeanswear Group, Tommie Copper and Phillips Van Heusen.
== History ==
Allen Edmonds gained much of its following after providing shoes to the US Army and US Navy during World War II, with many of the recipients of the shoes being loyal to the brand for the rest of their lives.
Allen Edmonds is a moderately expensive brand of shoes that men typically wear for a very long time and repair
 rather than replace. The company offers recrafting services, 
rebuilding a pair of shoes for a fee, replacing soles and heels, 
creating a new cork base and strip, and reapplying the finish. The Horween Leather Company supplies leather shells for footwear to Allen Edmonds.
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