The business MARC shoes based in Fischbeck, Germany and the shoe company JOSEF SEIBEL are to begin a cooperation of their international sales forces.

From the commencement of the spring/summer 2012 season, the sales agencies of the JOSEF SEIBEL group in the USA, Canada, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Spain and the UK will sell Marc shoes in addition to the JOSEF SEIBEL group ranges.

Marc Shoes owner, Wilhelm Möhlmann, comments:

"With this step we can enhance our sales penetration in a number of key world markets. We are very pleased to have found JOSEF SEIBEL as a successful and dedicated partner”.

The cooperation is officially valid from June 15th 2011.

With this sales cooperation, the shoe company from Fischbeck sets the foundation for company growth and the international development of the MARC brand. In addition Carl-August Seibel, owner of the JOSEF SEIBEL group, identified major advantages for his company as a result of the cooperation with Marc.

“With Marc we attain a competent and powerful partner which enriches our existing and successful brand portfolio through technical know-how and creativity”.

The partners:

JOSEF SEIBEL is an international shoe manufacturer and sales company with more than 3,500 employees worldwide. Under the  leadership of Carl-August Seibel and Andres Garnier, the company from the Rhinland-Palatinate village of Hauenstein, is one of the leading shoe producers in Germany. The brands JOSEF SEIBEL, Romika, Romikids and Westland successfully operate under the umbrella of the JOSEF SEIBEL group. With a commitment to modern production technologies, six million pairs of shoes a year are produced across six production plants in Europe, including Germany, and in Vietnam.

The company MARC shoes was founded in 1938 in the lower Saxony village of Fischbeck, Germany. The owner managed company benefits from an experienced and innovative knowledge in producing fashionable ladies and men shoes. During the years under the leadership of Wilhelm Möhlman, Marc developed from a manual shoe factory into a strong international and successful operation.

Today Marc manufactures more than one million pairs of shoes per year and supplies to the specialised footwear trade across the world.