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Karrimor is a British brand of backpacks, outdoor and sports equipment, and clothing.. The company was founded as the Karrimor Bag Company in 1946. Financial difficulties beginning in the late 1990s led to the company entering receivership in March 2003, after which the trademark was acquired by Sports Direct and is now used for various budget outdoor and running products.
In 1997, Mountain Warehouse was founded as the retail partner of Karrimor International, the UK based outdoor clothing and equipment manufacturer. [2] Investment company 21 Invest (now Investindustrial) were Karrimor's lead investor. [3] 21 Invest sold Karrimor's core business to South African leisure group Cullinan Holdings in February 1999. [4]
Facade of Kapitan Moy Building, a Bahay na bato with its structure of nails and adobe and big capiz windows on the second floor.. Kapitan Moy Building, also known as Cultural Center of Marikina situated in Marikina, Metro Manila, the Philippines, is the 200-year-old house of Don Laureano Guevarra (July 4, 1851 – December 30, 1891), known as the founder of the Marikina shoe industry.
A portion of Marcos' shoe collection seized by the Presidential Commission on Good Government was requested to be transferred to the Marikina city government led by Mayor Bayani Fernando in 1996. Marcos did not object to the request in 1998. [3] [4] In the same year, Fernando conceived the idea to open a museum dedicated to Marikina's shoe ...
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SM Supermalls, or simply SM, is a chain of shopping malls owned by the Philippines-based SM Prime. As of February 2025, it has a total of 95 malls (87 in the Philippines and 8 in China). It also has 13 malls under construction (5 in the Philippines and 2 in China). It was formerly known as Shoemart.
Henry Sy established shoe stores in Manila which were Plaza, Paris and Park Avenue which started with letter "P" prior to establishing the store that would be known as SM Quiapo. In 1958, he established a shoe store in Carriedo, Manila, which he named Shoemart after he was not able to come up with a name starting in "P".
The clothing style and fashion sense of the Philippines in the modern-day era have been influenced by the indigenous peoples, Chinese waves of immigration, the Spaniards, and the Americans, as evidenced by the chronology of events that occurred in Philippine history. At present, Filipinos conform their way of dressing based on classic fashion ...