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Footwear brand Clergerie taken over in last-ditch rescue, employees in limbo

Lyon - French luxury footwear brand Clergerie, which was liquidated at the beginning of April, was finally taken over by Spanish company Petrel 92 SL. However, the fate of its 50 or so employees remains uncertain to their great dismay, a representative of the employees told AFP on Wednesday. The buyer came forward shortly after the liquidation...

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Shoemaker Robert Clergerie finally puts his feet up

Robert Clergerie, the maker of the luxury French shoes worn by Rihanna, Bella Hadid and Madonna, was never one to sit around kicking his heels. When the brand that bears his name almost went bust four years after he had sold up and retired, he dumped his golf clubs and repurchased the company, pumping in two million euros ($2.3 million) of his...