Where is Aldo? Can Canadas most prominent shoe retailer take on the world?
Aldo has made a name for itself through its own fashionable, quality brands, dedication to customer service, team-like corporate culture and ability to capture prime real estate in key markets. Its parent company, Montreal-based The Aldo Group, is possibly Canada’s best, and least-known, footwear success story, next to Bata International, Toronto. The company takes its name from its founder and president, Aldo Bensadoun, a French immigrant who founded Aldo Shoes in 1972 as footwear boutiques within clothing stores. He learned the retail trade as a youngster at the feet of his parents. “I guess it comes father to son or whatever,” said Bensadoun in an interview. “It’s in my blood.” But now, Bensadoun said, the company will concentrate solely on extending…
