Rieker is a footwear and accessories retailer that manufactures shoes and bags for men and women to around 9,000 independent
retailers
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...
, mainly in
Europe
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. The head office is in
Thayngen
Thayngen () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen, Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen.[Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...]
and the company employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide in sales, design and production.
Founded in the
Black Forest
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region of southern Germany in 1874, Rieker has been family-owned for five generations. The retailer designs and produces almost all of its range, which includes fashion shoes and footwear for outdoor activities. It also created its own footwear technology (Rieker Antistress) to help improve shoe support, flexibility and durability.
History
In 1874, the Rieker company was founded as the first shoe factory in Tuttlingen by Heinrich Rieker and Carl Seitz under the name Rieker & Seitz. In 1901 Seitz left the company. Heinrich Rieker died in 1905. His three sons Ernst, Heinrich and Karl Rieker then took over the management of the company, and the company name was changed to Rieker & Co. in 1907.
Awards
Ladies' Footwear Brand of the Year (2017) - Footwear Industry Awards
Footwear Brand of the Year (2019) - Footwear Industry Awards
References
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Sources
Registration of the Rieker Holding AG in the commercial of canton SchaffhausenRieker-Headquarter (Schweiz)
External links
www.rieker.com
www.rieker.co.uk
Retail companies established in 1874
Shoe companies of Switzerland
Swiss brands
German companies established in 1874