Company History
The beginning
Martin Michaeli, stylist and shoe designer, leaves at 21 for the United States. After having succeeded for 6 years overseas, he returns to Europe…
1965 Mephisto is established in Sarrebourg, France. The son of a German retailer, Martin Michaeli creates the first line of Mephisto shoes with the intention of marketing the best footwear money and technology can produce. The company's manufacturing facility is located in this small, central area, well known for its skilled, bilingual workforce. Here the first Mephisto Moccasin is born.
1973 Martin Michaeli applies for his first patent with respect to a unique shoe manufacturing method.
1975 Mephisto Becomes an international brand. The original Mephisto Line is born.
1984 Opening of the first Mephisto Concept Store. The first retail store to sell only Mephisto products in Aachen Germany.
1985 Mephisto is awarded the Oscar for Export by the French government. Mephisto comes to Japan: the company's first subsidiary in a foreign country has its headquarters in Tokyo.
1987 Mephisto enters the U.S. Market with headquarters in Tennessee.
1989 Mephisto expands into Canada.
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