MTB to develop Naturalizer chain in Russia, Ukraine
09 Jun '10
4 min read
In addition to selling Naturalizer footwear in its stores, MTB Group will also possess wholesale rights.
MTB Group is an international footwear company. Through its subsidiaries in China, Hong Kong, Brazil and Europe, MTB Group develops, markets and supplies footwear to its affiliated footwear chains in Russia and the Ukraine, operating under the name Monarch Footwear. The Monarch chain, consisting of more than 200 stores, is the leading footwear chain in these countries. Monarch stores sell MTB Group-owned brands Monarch, Wildcat, Kaiser and Good shoes, in addition to well-known European and Brazilian labels Reiker, Ara, Via Uno and Bottero.
Brown Shoe is a $2.3 billion global footwear company. Brown Shoe's Retail division operates Famous Footwear, a leading family branded footwear destination with over 1,100 stores nationwide and e-commerce site FamousFootwear.com, approximately 270 specialty retail stores in the U.S., Canada, and China primarily under the Naturalizer brand name, and footwear e-tailer shoes.com. Through its wholesale divisions, Brown Shoe designs and markets leading footwear brands including Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, Franco Sarto, LifeStride, Etienne Aigner, Sam Edelman, Via Spiga, Vera Wang Lavender and Buster Brown.