Company Description
Even the most fashionable feet need never ache again, thanks to sensible shoemaker C&J Clark. The company is one of the largest makers of casual shoes in the world, selling more than 40 million pairs of shoes each year in some 50 countries. Its notoriously homely Clarks, Bostonian, and K Shoes brands are made for men, women, and children and sold in department stores, as well as online. C&J Clark also operates 1,400 Bostonian, Clarks, Hanover, and K stores, mostly in the UK, but also worldwide. C&J Clark is the UK market leader in shoes, ahead of Marks and Spencer. Founded in 1828 as a sheepskin tannery, more than two-thirds of C&J Clark is now owned by the 500 living descendants of co-founder James Clark.