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Toronto retailer Town Shoes turns 60 Tuesday at shindig celebrations
The Tuesday night shindig celebrating the 60th anniversary of Town Shoes should make for a swell affair if only for the presence of the company's founder and honourary chairman Leonard Simpson. Known as a pioneer, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist, Simpson, 83, also happens to have the good looks and charisma of a movie star.
"Everybody used to call him Paul Newman," remembers Leonard's son Alan Simpson, 52,[url=http://woolrichoutletde.albirank.net/][b]Woolrich Deutschland[/b][/url], who is chief executive officer in charge of carrying Town Shoes forward. Indeed, the birthday party should benefit not only from his father's personality but also from a buoyant corporate mood. In March, the company became the largest branded footwear retailer in Canada, when it acquired the Vancouver-based group of stores operating under the Sterling, Freedman and Shoe Warehouse banners to add to a portfolio that already included Town Shoes, Shoe Company and Skechers.
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A few months later, on August 28, Star readers might have noticed the front page story announcing that in the spring of 1953 Principal Investments would be opening another shopping centre, Lawrence Plaza, on the fringes of the city at Bathurst and Lawrence,[url=http://cheapsoccercleatswithfreeshipping.webmium.com/][b]soccer cleats for sale cheap[/b][/url], and that Town Shoes was among the tenants already signed up.
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Over the years, Town Shoes has continued to make creative moves. For 25 seasons, it has been a sponsor of Fashion Week in Toronto, supplying shoes for the runway. It has also collaborated with Canadian designers,[url=http://cheapsoccercleatsonlinestore.blogspot.com/][b]cheap soccer cleats store[/url], offering a line for women by David Dixon and another for men by Philip Sparks.
For its 60th anniversary it has come up with the 1952 collection, featuring retro-looking pointed toes, thin soles and kitten heels that are right for now. And next year, the company will launch a new chain of stores, aimed at a young customer and yet to be named.
Town Shoes' recent acquisitions and future plans were made possible by the strengthened financial clout it gained in February when it sold controlling interest to the Alberta Investment Management Corporation and Callisto Capital,[url=http://duveticavestesfr.halod.com/][b]duvetica vestes paris[/b][/url].
The deal did not change the management at Town, with Alan Simpson at the helm and Leonard keeping on eye on the big picture. Never a workaholic, Leonard Simpson has always found time for play. Also in attendance will be people who have worked for Town Shoes for 50 years as well as spouses and children representing former employees who have passed away. "I just want to say that,[url=http://woolrichoutletde.albirank.net/][b]Woolrich Arctic Parka Woolrich Online Shop Woolrich Damen Parka Woolrich Deutschland Outlet[/b][/url]," he tells me, "that is what I'm most proud of in this company."
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