The story
The company originated from a small factory run by André Brantegem and his brother in Lede, East Flanders. The Brantegem brothers were sons of a cobbler. They specialised in ladies' shoes which they sold to wholesalers and retailers in Belgium. Eventually the brothers separated and in 1962 André initiated a retail outlet at the factory. This evolved into the Brantano chain of shoe shops.
Brantano closed its Dutch and Danish stores in 2005, and subsequently liquidated its French stores.
In 2007, Dutch holding company Macintosh Retail Group took over ownership of Brantano. In 2015, Macintosh sold the Brantano UK subsidiary to Alteri Investors. In 2018, Macintosh sold Brantano to FNG N.V.. FNG N.V. filed for bankruptcy on 30 July 2020. After a failed attempt at relaunching its brands, including Brantano, FNG N.V. filed for bankruptcy for a second time in February 2022 and subsequently liquidated its assets.
From Wikipedia’s article on Brantano Footwear, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4