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Shoemaker : the untold story of the British family firm that became a global brand / Joe Foster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foster, Joe, 1935- author.
- 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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