Tod's S.p.A., also known as Tod's Group, is an Italian company which produces luxury shoes and other leather goods. The company is majority controlled by the founding family
Della Valle Family and is listed on the Italy's
Milan Stock Exchange being part of the
FTSE Italia Mid Cap
The FTSE Italia Mid Cap is a stock market index for the Borsa Italiana, the main stock exchange of Italy. It is one of the indices in the FTSE Italia Index Series.
Components
The index consists of listings
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The F ...
index. It is presided over by businessman
Diego Della Valle
Diego Della Valle (born 30 December 1953) is the chairman of the Italian leather goods company '' Tod's''.
Biography Family, youth and studies
Diego Della Valle is the elder son of Dorino Della Valle and grandson of Filippo Della Valle. Fili ...
.
History
Filippo Della Valle started the shoemaking business out of a basement in the late 1920s. Diego Della Valle, the elder son of Dorino Della Valle and a grandson of Filippo Della Valle, expanded the workshop and turned it into a factory that started manufacturing shoes for American department stores in the 1970s. Mr. Della Valle says he became interested in the retailer on his first visit to the United States as a youth, when he stopped in at a Saks Fifth Avenue store, to which his father used to sell shoes.
Diego brought in innovative marketing strategies in the early 1980s, kept the handmade manufacturing process and went on to create brands of lifestyle named Tod's, Hogan and Fay.
Roger Vivier
Roger Henri Vivier (13 November 1907 – 2 October 1998) was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. His best-known creation was the stiletto heel.
Career
Vivier has been called the " Fragonard of the shoe" and his shoes "the ...
, maker of high luxury shoes, was acquired in the mid-1990s and developed starting in 2000.
In 2003, Italian designer Bruno Frisoni was hired as Roger Vivier's
Creative Director
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.
The Della Valle family, which owns the luxury maker, also has stakes in
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, n ...
, the football team
Fiorentina
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and other companies. All members of the family were born in the middle Italian region of
Marche, and many of them continue to reside there.
Tod's has numerous stores around the world, including large
flagship store
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s in Europe, the U.S., China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Australia.
Recent development
In 2008, Tod’s licensed its name and branding to Marcolin Group for optical frames and sunglasses and in 2018 extended its licensing agreement through 2023.
In November 2015, Tod's acquired further stock in the
Roger Vivier
Roger Henri Vivier (13 November 1907 – 2 October 1998) was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. His best-known creation was the stiletto heel.
Career
Vivier has been called the " Fragonard of the shoe" and his shoes "the ...
shoe brand for €415 million. It had previously owned a 57.5% stake, now up to 60.7%. In April 2021, they got Italian influencer
Chiara Ferragni
Chiara Ferragni () (born May 7, 1987) is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer and model who has collaborated with fashion and beauty brands through her blog ''The Blonde Salad''.
Biography
Ferragni was born in Cremona in 1987. ...
to join their board.
In May 2021, the market value of Tod's was €1.6 billion.
In early 2021, LVMH raised its investment in the group from 3.2% to 10% for $89,9 million.
See also
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Italian fashion
Italy is one of the leading countries in fashion design, alongside France, the United States and the United Kingdom. Fashion has always been an important part of the country's cultural life and society, and Italians are well known for their atte ...
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Shoe brands
Luxury brands
Shoe companies of Italy
Companies based in le Marche
Italian brands
Della Valle family
High fashion brands
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