- We take our first steps selling shoes.
- We start to manufacture shoes and continue to grow the business.
- We’re one of the first European companies to source shoes in Asia, which allows us to grow faster.
- We open an office in Hong Kong, which remains at the heart of our sourcing business today.
- We start selling skateboards, shoes, handbags, luggage and sportswear.
- We buy a majority stake in a small athletic footwear brand called Reebok for $77,500.
- Reebok launches the world’s first shoe designed for aerobic exercise. A turning point for Reebok is the introduction of coloured running shoes.
- We’re appointed UK distributor for Italian tennis and ski brand ellesse and fashion footwear brand Kickers.
- We buy leading performance swimwear brand Speedo.
- We sell our share in Reebok for $770 million.
- We become the worldwide footwear licensee for the French tennis fashion brand, Lacoste Chaussures.
- We add outdoor brand Berghaus and ellesse to our family of owned brands.
- The original football brand, Mitre International, joins the family.
- We buy London fashion label Red or Dead and athletic fashion footwear brand KangaROOS.
- We become the worldwide licensee for London fashion brand Ted Baker footwear.
- We buy rugby brand Canterbury of New Zealand and the Californian casual lifestyle sneaker brand, SeaVees.
- We buy the cycling apparel brand, and Movistar Team clothing partner, Endura.
- We announce that Speedo North America will join the Pentland family.
