Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "French Shoes was a shoe chain headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It began in 1956 and its last location closed in the 1990s. French Shoes featured very stylish women shoes at an affordable price and grew to 30 locations located mostly in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The founder of French Shoes was Seymour (Sonny) Lubin (1932–2009). In the early years, he was joined by Gerard Gingras and the two were an excellent team in the Canadian ladies shoe fashion industry. The company was sold in 1979 to Bata Shoes which made the purchase to enter a higher grade of shoe market. However, the acquisition was not successful and the brand was sold again a few years to later to Calderone Shoes, a large Toronto shoe company. Calderone Shoes eventually fell into hard times, and the French Shoes legend and name died. However, French Shoes was an exciting place to be in Montreal from the early 1960s to late 1970s and will always be remembered fondly."@en }
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- French_Shoes abstract "French Shoes was a shoe chain headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It began in 1956 and its last location closed in the 1990s. French Shoes featured very stylish women shoes at an affordable price and grew to 30 locations located mostly in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The founder of French Shoes was Seymour (Sonny) Lubin (1932–2009). In the early years, he was joined by Gerard Gingras and the two were an excellent team in the Canadian ladies shoe fashion industry. The company was sold in 1979 to Bata Shoes which made the purchase to enter a higher grade of shoe market. However, the acquisition was not successful and the brand was sold again a few years to later to Calderone Shoes, a large Toronto shoe company. Calderone Shoes eventually fell into hard times, and the French Shoes legend and name died. However, French Shoes was an exciting place to be in Montreal from the early 1960s to late 1970s and will always be remembered fondly.".