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I just got my Clarks shoes back from being repaired - new heels and soles. For €42 I couldn't be happier.
The last time I was passing the Clarks factory in Somerset there was a coachload of Japanese tourists waiting in line to go into the shop. They buy Clarks shoes as gifts for their family.
Clarks are decent middle class shoes. They look good, and I usually manage to have them repaired a few times before they are ready to be thrown away, which is important to me. The Clarks sold he in Germany are manufactured in a number of countries in Asia - the best ones seem to come from India.
Is there still a production in Somerset?
Clarks are made in Street, Somerset, also Vietnam and India. Somerset is the centre for the Desert Boot manufacturing, a big seller for Clarks. I must admit that they are not the shoe making force that they were in the past. You may know of Hugh Pym of the BBC, he was a major shareholder of Clarks when it was still a family firm, he was very disappointed that one half of the family wanted to sell, the other wanted to continue the tradition. A classic situation of family companies who create shares for successive generations not all of whom want to continue the business but to take the money on the table.
I have some black brogues from Clarks, bought about 15 years ago and no longer made, well made but affordable at the time as is the current line, good, smart leather shoes for the office for £70, see Howard Cap.
Men's Shoes - Leather & Suede Shoes | Clarks UK - https://www.clarks.com/en-gb/mens/mens-shoes/m_shoes_uk-c?_gl=1%2A8e0295%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AOTg4NjUwNzA0LjE3NDIyMzYzMzU.%2A_ga_033H3HP4VR%2AMTc0MjIzNjMzMy4xLjAuMTc0MjIzNjMzMy4wLjAuMjA2NjE2NzMwNg..%2A_ga_QL5F6XNTKG%2AMTc0MjIzNjMzMy4xLjAuMTc0MjIzNjMzMy4wLjAuNTg2ODAwMzI2
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