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. ==Subsidiaries==