Company Profile : Pippo Shoes

Name of the brand: Pippo / Name of the company: Pippo Footwear

Date of creation : Summer 2010

Country of origin: UK

Name of the owners: Rob and Jude Gallacher

Nbre of employees: 2!

Sales points : approx 20 UK independent stockists including STOMP (Whitley Bay), Zebedee (Peterborough), Little Gems (Hackney)

Own e-store: Yes, from beginning

Company statement: Beautiful shoes for kids

“I have been designing footwear for many years, and worked in some great shoe factories all across the world. When my wife and I had our first daughter, we decided to put together a collection of beautiful shoes for kids. It was all about style and simplicity, fundamental shoe design ideas that you could n’t find on the high-street. That is how Pippo began.”

What makes the brand unique? Designer kids footwear at sensible prices trying to compete with incumbent global giants

How many pieces per collection: 10

Main materials used: lots of full grain leathers

Countries of production : Spain and China

Florence Rolando

Florence Rolando (journalist, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows) was the original Founder of Pirouette in early 2009. Pirouette blog* has been a reference in the industry since it started with its combined business and consumer view of the children’s market. A fantastic resource for children’s fashion, design, trends and culture, it aims to support creativity and talent but it also does this by talking about life, family, culture and health.

Florence is an international leader in the industry (8 years as a Milk Collaborator, contributor to Naif Magazine in Spain, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows in New York and London).

Now Florence runs Energy Therapy Porto @enrgy_therapy_porto

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