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Shoemaker : the untold story of the British family firm that became a global brand / Joe Foster.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Foster, Joe, 1935- author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Reebok International Ltd--History.
Reebok International Ltd.
Sport clothes industry--England--Bolton (Greater Manchester)--History.
Sport clothes industry.
Sneakers--Design--History.
Sneakers.
Design.
History.
England--Bolton (Greater Manchester).
Physical Description:
1 online resource
polychrome
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Intro
Title Page
Dedication
Chapter 1: Some People Run to Win
Chapter 2: First World Records
Chapter 3: Lessons in Survival
Chapter 4: Taking My Place
Chapter 5: The Beginning of the End
Chapter 6: The Showdown
Chapter 7: Mercury Rises
Chapter 8: It's All About the People
Chapter 9: Changing Names
Chapter 10: A Challenge
Chapter 11: A Spell on the Road
Chapter 12: Time to Move
Chapter 13: America on My Mind
Chapter 14: An Opening to the World
Chapter 15: A Near-Death Experience
Chapter 16: New Openings
Chapter 17: A Key to America?
Chapter 18: Dad, Death and a New Distributor
Chapter 19: Back to Square One
Chapter 20: Fated
Chapter 21: Finding Fireman
Chapter 22: The Waiting Game
Chapter 23: Hong Kong and Beyond
Chapter 24: Back to Boston
Chapter 25: My Brother Jeff
Chapter 26: A Major Fault
Chapter 27: Our Angel
Chapter 28: Keeping Up
Chapter 29: Changes Afoot
Chapter 30: Dealing With the Rest
Chapter 31: Reebok Goes Celebrity
Chapter 32: A Clash of Cultures
Chapter 33: A Rollercoaster Ride
Chapter 34: Death, and a Rebirth
Chapter 35: A Founder's Role
Afterword: Who and What Made a Difference
Acknowledgements
Index
Copyright
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2020).
Other Format:
Print version: Foster, Joe. Shoemaker : Reebok and the Untold Story of a Lancashire Family Who Changed the World.
ISBN:
1471194035
9781471194030
Publisher Number:
40030514054
EB00837551 Recorded Books
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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