Brooks
US · 1914 · Running
Running shoes only since 2001, owned by Berkshire Hathaway
A century-old Philadelphia shoe company that nearly died before a new chief executive cut everything but running in 2001. Now a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary doing over a billion dollars a year and one of the few at that size to map its Tier 1, 2 and 3 factories. Wide and extra-wide widths are standard, returns run 90 days free, and there is a pre-owned shop.
- Ownership
- Group owned
- Status
- Acquired
- Made
- Mostly Vietnam; 16 Tier 1 factories listed
- Offers
- club and race presence, deep provenance, generous returns, plain-language guides, an official used store, wide fits, an engineered women's fit
- Activities
- Running, Trail running