Simple Shoes, also known as Simple, was an American footwear brand originally founded by Eric Meyer, a native of Morro Bay, CA. Simple Shoes was known for its use of "green" sustainable materials such as bamboo, jute, hemp, recycled PETE, used tires and cork. Deckers purchased a 50% share of Simple Shoes Inc. for $10,000 in 1993. The following year Deckers acquired the remaining 50% interest in Simple for $1.5 million.
As of 2011, Simple Shoes announced that it would "cease distribution."
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