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Toms launches fourth one for one product

Toms, best known for its footwear and its global one for one business model, which gives back to communities in need, is introducing a new product category, a bag collection to help address issues of maternal health worldwide. Like with the shoes and eyewear, for every Toms bag purchased, the brand will help to provide a safe birth for a mother...

Fashion

Toms sells stake to Bain Capital to “accelerate growth”

Toms, the canvas shoe company that operates a One-for-One policy to give shoes to children in need, has agreed to sell a 50 percent stake in its business to private investment firm Bain Capital. The deal will see Toms founder Blake Mycoskie continuing as the “visionary of the company”and remaining the 50 percent owner of Toms. The shoemaker...

Design

Toms launches “socially conscious” marketplace

American footwear brand Toms has launched the Toms Marketplace, an online retail designation featuring a curated collection of 200 socially conscious products from 30 different companies. Available in the US, the marketplace is a new fixture to the footwear brands website, and each brand was selected for incorporating giving into their business...

Design

Toms celebrates 10 million milestone

Toms, the American footwear brand known for its canvas, slip-on shoes and its ‘One for One’ principle, which means that it matches every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need, has reached its 10 million milestone. Since 2006 the footwear brand, founded by Blake Mycoskie, has hand-placed over 10 million pairs...