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Former Brown Shoe executives launch new footwear company

17/05/2012
Belgian footwear group Cortina-Leomil has secured a licence to make shoes for the Angry Birds brand. Angry Birds is a popular children’s computer game.

One interesting development to have come out of this is that exclusive distribution in the US and Canada of the new Angry Birds shoes will be in the hands of the Rich Footwear Group, a new company formed by the former president for wholesale at Brown Shoe, Gary Rich.

Two former Brown Shoe senior vice-presidents, Paul and Richard Shapiro, have joined Mr Rich at the new company.

On announcing the news, Gary Rich said: “After a two-year hiatus, I am thrilled to be back in the footwear industry and to be able to announce our partnership with Cortina-Leomil Group to bring one of the fastest growing brands, Angry Birds, to the footwear market. With an incredibly strong brand to start, we look forward to a long partnership with Cortina-Leomil and to future opportunities in other categories as well.”

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