Where is Converse Corporate office Headquarters

History

Converse was founded in the year 1908. The company has been operational for almost 111 years now. The founder of the company was Marquis Mills Converse. The former name of the company was Converse Rubber Shoe Company. The company started its operations by manufacturing almost 4,000 winterized shoes, with rubber soles on every day of its operation. In the year 1915, the company started manufacturing shoes for tennis. Two years later, in the year 1917, the company had introduced the Converse All-Star Basketball shoe. Then in the year 1921, Charles H Taylor, who was a basketball player, was made a salesman and also a brand ambassador of the company as well. In the year 1932, the signature of Charles Taylor was added to the All-Stars shoe too. In the year 199, Charles Taylor had passed away.

During the 1970s, the company had lost most of its market due to competition from other companies such as Nike, Adidas, Puma and then later Reebok as well. This led to the slow down of the company's sales and then in the year 2001, and the company had filed for bankruptcy. The same year, the company was taken over by Footwear Acquisition. Two years later, in the year 2003, the company was again taken over by Nike, for around $309 million. The company had filed lawsuits to over 30 different companies, in the year 2008, for selling sneakers that looked almost the same to the Charles Taylor All-Stars sneakers. After the acquisition of the brand by Nike, it helped the brand to expand into other businesses as well, apart from manufacturing just shoes. There have many celebrities who have worn Converse shoes, including Kristen Stewart, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, etcetera. The growth of the brand had helped to bring in revenues close to $1.7 billion in the year 2014. This amount had increased to almost $2 billion, in the year 2015. The company had also established its new headquarters as well, in Downtown Boston, United States, and the construction was finished by the year 2015. It is a 10-storeyed building with a space of almost 214,000 square foot area. The headquarters of the company is based at 1 High Street. The name of the place is North Andover, while the name of the state is Massachusetts, United States. The pin code of the area is 01845.

About

Converse is an American company that focuses on the designing and manufacturing of various kinds of sneakers and also apparels, for its customers all over the world. The current CEO and president of the company are Scott Uzzell. As of the year 2018, the company has over more than 100 retail stores in the USA. Also, the number of employees currently working at the company is more than 2,650. The company has its presence in over 160 countries worldwide. The company is currently a subsidiary of Nike Incorporated.

Services

The primary services of the company include allowing the customers to have a retail presence in order to purchase the various kinds of shoes manufactured, designed and sold by the company itself. The company specialises in selling apparels, clothing and also different types of sneakers, athletic and casual shoes as well.