Private company
Logo: RIEKER Holding AG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Shoe manufacturer
Rieker is a footwear and accessories retailer that manufactures shoes and bags for men and women to around 9,000 independent retailers, mainly in Europe. The head office is in Thayngen (SH), Switzerland and the company employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide in sales, design and production. Founded in Tuttlingen, Germany in 1874, Rieker has been family-owned for five generations.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Rieker is a footwear and accessories retailer that manufactures shoes and bags for men and women to around 9,000 independent retailers, mainly in Europe. The head office is in Thayngen (SH), Switzerland and the company employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide in sales, design and production.2
In 1874, the Rieker company was founded as the first shoe factory in Tuttlingen by Heinrich Rieker and Carl Seitz under the name Rieker & Seitz. In 1901 Seitz left the company. Heinrich Rieker died in 1905. His three sons Ernst, Heinrich and Karl Rieker then took over the management of the company, and the company name was changed to Rieker & Co. in 1907.
From Wikipedia’s article on Rieker Shoes, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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