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British boot and shoemaker Dr Martens put up for sale by R Griggs Group
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2096859/Bri...
British boot and shoemaker Dr Martens has been put up for sale by R Griggs Group, which has owned it for more than 50 years. It could fetch as much as
£120m.
The firm, which makes fashionable footwear in the style of the one pictured on the front of a shop in Camden, North London, is run by Max Griggs.
His father bought the design rights – originally standard boots for the German army – after the Second World War.
It was struggling to survive ten years ago, but revenue jumped 33 per cent to £110m last year. Pre-tax profits more than tripled to £15.3m.
Dr Martens has become an inconic brand, favoured variously over the years by punks, skinhead and goths and more recently once again in mainstream
fashion.
The last year has seen Dr Marten open more stores in the U.S., which accounts for 42 per cent of sales, and also grew sales in Asia.
Current owner Max Griggs' father, Reginald, bought the rights to Dr Martens boots from its German owners after the Second World War. The boots were
originally designed by Dr Klaus Maertens. The signature air-cushioned sole was originally made with abandoned rubber from Luftwaffe airfields.
The first eight-eyelet boot – with its distinctive yellow stitching and black and yellow heel loop – entered production in the UK in 1960.
In 2000 Dr Martens moved production to China and Thailand. But R Griggs reopened the brand’s original factory at Wollaston, in Northamptonshire, in
2007 to produce vintage styles.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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can someone give me a loan?????
I'm a jerk. All night,I'm seeing Sentrand and thinking "Where do I know that guy from?".
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I have 6 pair. All shoes.
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I just got a pair of vegan Docs.
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I had one pair, ever, and they lasted for a long long time
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i just got a new pair in jan.
my old pair lasted me 11 years
the new doc store on walnut street fuckin rules for real
couple of blown up gavin watson photos on the wall
every kind of docs you could ever want to have
AND its the cheapest prices ive seen
steel toe 10 holes for $120
i paid more than that WITH a discount 11 years ago for the same pair
you come at the king....you best not miss
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I got 10 eye steel toe from the 'industrial series' (which is Ansi rated for actual safety) for a little over $100 on Zappos.com a couple of years
ago.
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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I have 12 pairs!! I get them free from the boot truck at my work once a year and they last forever so most of them are still in the box!!
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@gavin - 11 years? how the hell did you not grid the heel down to nothing in that time? i put a hurtin' on a rubber sole!
@chad - send the boot truck to my house, please. or at least grab some 13s next time!
i just picked up four used pairs from my mother in law last weekend. she's started wearing them in the early 90s, back when my wife and brother in
law did as teenagers. they're like new, so some will go on ebay, some will be saved for my kids.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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I get mine when the boot truck comes to my work too, but we dont have to get boots off the truck. We can order or buy from anywhere we want and then
submit a receipt. I think this coming year I might get some 3 hole steel toes.
Last year I got these insane SUPER warm boots made for working in a freezer, but havent had a day to wear them (and I'm NOT complaining about that!)
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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Quote: Originally posted by gavin  | i just got a new pair in jan.
my old pair lasted me 11 years
the new doc store on walnut street fuckin rules for real
couple of blown up gavin watson photos on the wall
every kind of docs you could ever want to have
AND its the cheapest prices ive seen
steel toe 10 holes for $120
i paid more than that WITH a discount 11 years ago for the same pair |
really? I didn't know there was a doc store...fuck.
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My first pair of Doc's were 14 holes and lasted me about a decade. True quality for my money. These days I rock 3-holes but I've been considering
getting a pair of 10-holes when I get some cash.
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