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  • One thing to remember about TOM Shoes is that there's no Tom. The name of the shoe company

  • is actually an abbreviation of their motto, Shoes for a Better Tomorrow. The company had

  • an unconventional beginning. It was founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie, an American entrepreneur

  • who realized that there were people around the world that were suffering because they

  • didn't have any shoes.

  • The founder was disturbed by realizing that people around the world didn't have shoes

  • and that they were subject to injury and disease, but also that they had lower economic and

  • social status because they were barefoot all the time. The founder thought that by giving

  • people shoes he was giving them access to more opportunities. According to the company,

  • for every product sold TOMs will donate a pair of shoes to a person in need.

  • The shoes are manufactured in China, South America and Africa. TOMs has given away over

  • a million pairs of shoes to children all around the world. TOMs shoe styles are very simple.

  • Many of them are based on Argentine alpargata styles which are really like flat soled espadrilles.

  • Some are made with no animal materials, making them suitable even for committed vegans.

  • In addition to shoes, the company also produces some pieces of apparel and some eye wear which

  • they've linked to donations of eye glasses to people around the world with vision impairment.

  • For a fairly new company, TOMs shoes has made a big impact and the donation strategy has

  • been an important part of their success.

One thing to remember about TOM Shoes is that there's no Tom. The name of the shoe company

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    Grace Chen に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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