ALDO Shoes

The Aldo Group is a Canadian corporation that owns and operates a worldwide chain of shoe and accessory stores. The company was founded by Aldo Bensadoun in Montreal, Quebec, in 1972 where its corporate headquarters remain today. It has grown to become a worldwide corporation, with nearly 1600 stores under 5 retail banners: Aldo, Call It Spring/Spring, Lōcale/Feetfirst, Globo and Little Burgundy. There are also Aldo Accessories, Aldo Outlet, Aldo Liquidation, Spring Liquidation, and clearance stores. Stores in Canada, the U.S. , the U.K. and Ireland are owned by the Group while international stores are franchised. The company once operated the now closed or re-branded banners Simard & Voyer, Christian Shoes, Access, Pegabo, Transit, Stoneridge, and FIRST (which was the American version of Feetfirst). The Aldo Group controls about 25% of the Canadian shoe market, and is in third place behind Wal-Mart and Payless, respectively. The number of employees at Aldo has increased tremendously, and presently employs over 15,000 people with 4,000 of those employees in Quebec. On March 13, 2012 the Aldo Group has signed on with Madonna to produce the Truth or Dare line. This footwear will be found starting in August 2012, at Macy’s, Nordstrom, Selfridges, ASOS. com, The Bay, Little Burgundy and Capezio.