Schuh (pronounced 'shoe') is a
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
-based high street and internet branded
footwearFootwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for protection against the environment, and adornment. Socks and other hosiery are usually worn between the feet and the footwear, less often with sandals and flip flops...
retailer.
Schuh was established by Sandy Alexander in 1981, with a single shop in North Bridge Arcade,
EdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas....
. The company became part of the Glasgow-based
GoldbergsGoldbergs was a family owned department store group with its flagship store in the Candleriggs area of Glasgow and one in the High Riggs, Tollcross area of Edinburgh. All stores ceased trading in 1991....
retail group, which ceased trading in 1991. Alexander led a
management buyoutA management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
, backed by capital from development agency
Scottish EnterpriseScottish Enterprise [SE], is Scotland's main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency. Covering the eastern, central and southern part of Scotland from the Moray Firth to the Borders and is a sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body of the Scottish Government.Similar services are...
, to allow Schuh to continue trading. The chain remains independent, and as of February 2008, has 54 stores in the UK and
IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
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Schuh (pronounced 'shoe') is a
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
-based high street and internet branded
footwearFootwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for protection against the environment, and adornment. Socks and other hosiery are usually worn between the feet and the footwear, less often with sandals and flip flops...
retailer.
History
Schuh was established by Sandy Alexander in 1981, with a single shop in North Bridge Arcade,
EdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas....
. The company became part of the Glasgow-based
GoldbergsGoldbergs was a family owned department store group with its flagship store in the Candleriggs area of Glasgow and one in the High Riggs, Tollcross area of Edinburgh. All stores ceased trading in 1991....
retail group, which ceased trading in 1991. Alexander led a
management buyoutA management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
, backed by capital from development agency
Scottish EnterpriseScottish Enterprise [SE], is Scotland's main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency. Covering the eastern, central and southern part of Scotland from the Moray Firth to the Borders and is a sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body of the Scottish Government.Similar services are...
, to allow Schuh to continue trading. The chain remains independent, and as of February 2008, has 54 stores in the UK and
IrelandIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
. Schuh's head office is in Livingston.
"Schuh" is also the literal German translation of the English word 'shoe'.
Schuh's flagship store opened in 2004 at 200 Oxford Street, London.
Sandy Alexander
Sandy Alexander has recently funded a project of Building a stand at Westfield Park, Falkirk F.C's home park, Sandy has been a Falkirk fan and is a big part of Falkirks History. Sandy Alexander is somewhat a Fans Favourite.
Trivia
EastEndersEastEnders is a long-running, popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985...
and
HustleHustle is a British television comedy-drama series made by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater...
star
Matt Di AngeloMatt Di Angelo is an English actor.He is known for playing fictional character Deano Wicks in the popular British soap EastEnders.He is currently playing the role of Sean Kennedy in the BBC series Hustle...
worked in Schuh for a number of year and was in work when he got the call to tell him he got the role of
Deano WicksDean "Deano" Wicks is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Matt Di Angelo. He made his first appearance on 2 January 2006. It was announced on 18 August 2007 that the characters of Deano and his sister Carly were being axed by executive producer Diederick Santer...
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