As has been known for a while the Swedish store Skoaktiebolaget has decided to stop selling Edward Green, and now they have an outlet of all models they have left from the brand. It’s in most cases a 15% discount, in some cases even more, so for those who’ve had their eyes on a pair from the British premium manufacturer may find that the time is now. Also tips about final sales with 50% discounts at both J. FitzPatrick Footwear and A Fine Pair of Shoes.
The reasons that Skoaktiebolaget will stop selling the famous British brand, which just about a year ago was a real big seller for the store, are several. It is partly about the fact that the store has experienced more and more problems with late deliveries, errors on shoes that came, lack of communication, and more. It has according to info from other sources been relatively turbulent at Edward Green for sometime, where no less than five people in key positions in the company have quit, which certainly can be part of the reason why Sko-AB and also some other retailers experienced difficulties. At the same time it should be said that there are shops that have not noticed any problems at all. And that Skoaktiebolaget reduced its sales in EG has certainly also to do with the fact that the brand since last summer set fixed prices for the American market that also European stores must abide, so the advantageous deduction of the Swedish VAT for US customers have disappeared, plus maybe also that the group MTO opportunities which Sko-AB made a lot of from EG has been limited. Anyway, the people behind the store felt that they could not continue the relationship, and now they sell away the last pairs from them at discounted prices.
The Dandy Shoe Care painted wingtip adelaide Plymouth available for €900.
Instead of the regular price of €1 070 (9 900 SEK) now the majority of shoes are down to €900 (8 375 SEK) a discount of 15%. In most cases, there’s also quite a few sizes left. Then they have some that are reduced even more, as the derby Cardiff in light brown, but then there are only one size left. Since Edward Green relatively rarely are found on sale, it may be time to strike if you had your eye on something from them.
However, already this spring a new brand will take its place on the shelves in the store. On their Instagram page you can see several teaser shots of shoes from the new brand.
The derby Cardiff heavily discounted. Pictures: Skoaktiebolaget
The fact that more and more brands and more and more retailers appear on the market for classic quality shoes is something that is positive in many ways. For example noticeable in that it becomes increasingly common with sales also in this type of shoes, and in some cases also quite good ones. Two examples now are the US/UK/Spain “heritaged” J. FitzPatrick Footwear and the UK online store A Fine Pair of Shoes, which has mainly Alfred Sargent, both has just started nice final sales with up to half the price on many shoes.
One of about 30 models on sale from Justin FitzPatrick’s brand. Picture: J. Fitzpatrick Footwear
