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Hotter celebrates winning Queen's Award!
Hotter, the
multi-channel shoe and accessories retailer and the
UK’s biggest
shoe manufacturer, is today celebrating being named winner of a
Queen’s Award for Enterprise – the UK’s most prestigious
business award!
“We’re delighted to have won this recognition for our
outstanding success in international trade which has seen our
export earnings grow by over 123% in the last three years as we
have developed the Hotter brand in markets such as the USA, the
Middle East, and South Africa,” said Managing Director Peter
Taylor. “We are a unique business with our own factory and
customer service centre based in Lancashire, over a million
customers around the world, more than 75 Hotter shops across the
UK, one in South Africa and further ones planned
internationally.
“From our
HQ in Lancashire we design, develop and manufacture
shoes for our global markets, ship over two million pairs of
shoes around the world each year and support our customers with
a
dedicated call centre and
personal shopping service that works
across multiple time zones,” he added. “Today we will be
celebrating with our staff and our customers.
Hotter’s employees
will be dressing up in patriotic red, white and blue to
recognise this great achievement, whilst our customers will be
invited to join in online and in our stores where we will have
some treats ready for them.”
The manufacturing business was established by the parents of
Stewart Houlgrave in 1959; he went on to create the
Hotter brand
in the 1990s with the aim of making stylish and ultra
comfortable shoes for women and men. Hotter now employs over
1,300 people across the UK and the company makes a pair of shoes
in its UK factory every 20 seconds.
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