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Author Palmer, Mark, author.

Title Clarks : made to last : the story of Britain's best-known shoe firm / Mark Palmer.

Publication Info. London : Profile, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Clarks' reach extends to all corners of the globe and yet it remains a family-owned business firmly rooted in its Quaker origins, (unlike other well known Quaker firms like Cadburys, now part of US giant Kraft.) Founded in 1825 by two brothers, Cyrus and James Clark, the company began as a rug-making operation in the then tiny village of Street, Somerset. One day, James Clark began making slippers from off-cuts of rugs and found that people wanted to buy them. Slippers became shoes and boots - and a business was born. Over the years it has had its ups and downs but it has always strived to rem.
Note Print version record.
Subject C. & J. Clark Ltd. -- History.
C. & J. Clark Ltd. (OCoLC)fst00560990
Shoe stores -- Great Britain -- History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General.
Shoe stores. (OCoLC)fst01201415
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Palmer, Mark. Clarks. London : Profile books, 2013 9781846685200 (OCoLC)792748078
ISBN 9781847658456 (electronic bk.)
1847658458 (electronic bk.)
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