TRADITION AND VISIONA shoe company introduces itself.

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A genuine brand

For six decades the German family company ara has been producing

top-quality shoes.

It was founded in Solingen-Ohligs (Germany) by Paul Röseler, Hugo Brudi and

Florenz Brockmeyer in 1949.

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Globally active

ara Shoes owns production facilities in five countries – in Germany,

Portugal, Rumania, Indonesia and Ukraine – and exports millions

of shoes to more than 70 different countries every year.

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Fashion is change

Our constants are the wishes of ara customers, together with whom we become

better and better – for nothing is more unchanging than change itself.

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Operating sustainably

Our ara code of conduct is testimony to the high level of responsibility we

bear vis-à-vis our employees, customers, suppliers and the environment.

Facts 2014

SalesTurnoverExport quotaEmployees

7.000.000Pairs

Facts 2014

SalesTurnoverExport quotaEmployees 212,3 Mio.

Euro

Facts 2014

SalesTurnoverExport quotaEmployees 51 %

Facts 2014

SalesTurnoverExport quotaEmployees

4.200worldwide

Inspiration from tradition

ara has become increasingly modern and versatile over the years. The brands ara, ara men and jenny

stand for a product and style world that is as individual as the customers themselseves.

All ara brands have first-class quality in common.

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regular-fit comfort-fit ara bags ara men Bestseller-Concept

Albania Andorra Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria

Canada China Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dutch Antilles Egypt Estonia Finland France

Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy

Japan Kazachstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta

Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Rumania Russia

Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Surinam Sweden Switzerland

Taiwan Turkey Ukraine USA

Globally positioned

Whether Australia, Europe, Asia, America or Africa – ara Shoes is represented on all five continents.

International partners and companies ensure that ara shoes are exported to more than 70 countries – a figure that is set

to increase in the future.

A success story

As one of the first shoe producers ara opened its first brand shop in1993.

Today there are more than 500 ara shops / ara shop in shops – in 27 countries worldwide.

Germany 153 42111

Netherlands 76 076

Austria 72 1755

China 57 057

Hungary 26 818

France 13 67

Croatia 12 120

Lithuania 13 013

Slovenia 9 27

Poland 10 91

Portugal 8 44

Switzerland 7 16

Czech Republic 7 70Belgium 5 1

4

Italy 3 2 1

Bulgaria 3 12

Sweden 4 04

Norway 3 12

Slovakia 3 03

Latvia 2 02

Russia 2 11

Bosnia 1 01

Finland 1 01

Rumania 1 10

Serbia 1 10

Spain 1 10

Estonia 2 02

Total ShopsShop-in-Shop

Unmistakeable design, practical execution

The ara shop concept has worked out perfectly – in Nice, in Peking, in Amsterdam, in Prague, simply everywhere!

For: the modular shop design system is tailored perfectly to ara products and at the same time can be used individually

for all environments.

Peking

Amsterdam

Nice

Lisbon

Prague

Via all channels

ara is going on the offensive in media

terms and is addressing customers where

they prefer to be – on the Internet, in fashion

magazines, on TV.

ara is however catering for optimum

brand presence as a reliable partner to

specialist stockists too: with sophisti-

cated trade marketing campaigns and

high-level visibility at the POS.

Fashion & lifestyle magazines

Megalight, Citylight and 18/1

Digital media, online marketing

Clippings – German TV

Comfort and design

For all models ara relies on high-quality materials, fashionable design and first-

class wearing comfort.

Maximilian Müller, management board chairman

Production, technology and design

Thomas Schmies, management board member

Finance

Stefan Frank, management board member

Marketing and sales

ara Shoes AG

Zur Schlenkhecke 4

40764 Langenfeld

Germany

Tel: (+49) 2173 105 0

Fax: (+49) 2173 105 108

E-Mail: info@ara-shoes.de

www.ara-shoes.de