William Smith Ltd, which owns DE Shoes and Foot Factory, has sold off five of its 31 stores to Begg Shoes and Bags.

BBC: Dundee-based shoe retail chain sells five outlets

William Smith Ltd is to shut 25 shops, which trade as DE Shoes and Foot Factory, after attempts to avoid closure proved unsuccessful.

BBC: More than 160 job losses after shoe chain DE Shoes closes

Notice has now been given to the company's 162 staff and a closing down closing down sale at the 25 branches of DE Shoes and Foot Factory still in the company's ownership will begin on Wednesday.

BBC: More than 160 job losses after shoe chain DE Shoes closes

He took over an empty factory in Bredebro and began making shoes in 1963.

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Mr. Im Thou said the factory is operated by a company called Wing Star Shoes.

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The factory involved in Thursday's deaths, Wing Star Shoes, was built a year and a half ago by a joint venture between Asics subsidiary Asics Trading Co.

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The sale affects the DE Shoes shops in Elgin, Inverurie, Kirkwall and Lerwick and the Foot Factory in Peterhead.

BBC: Dundee-based shoe retail chain sells five outlets

All the bespoke shoes are created here, while the made-to-order side of the business is handled at a factory outside Paris controlled by Corthay.

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Most of their parents had factory jobs, too, but that didn't stop them from buying nice clothes and tennis shoes and toys, whatever it took to assimilate.

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