He worked as a sales executive for Saucony Footwear and is currently the President of American Business for DC Shoes.
Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series' lead character, Kinsey Millhone, is a dedicated wearer of Saucony athletic shoes.
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The company's first factory was founded in 1898 at Kutztown, Pennsylvania, on the high banks of the Saucony Creek.
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The first reference to the apparel occurs in the novel, "O" Is for Outlaw.
In 2012, Wolverine World Wide added Saucony, Keds, Stride Rite and Sperry Top-Sider to their list of subsidiaries after a joint agreement with Blum Capital Partners and Golden Gate Capital acquired the Performance Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands for US$1.23 billion.
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In addition to the Stride Rite brand, the company markets footwear under the following owned or licensed brands: Keds, Grasshoppers, Robeez, Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider, and Jessica Simpson Kids.