Brantano Footwear is a European chain of retail stores specializing in men's, women's and children's shoes, and private label shoe manufacturer China established in Belgium. The company originated in a company founded by Andre Brantegem and his brother in Ryde, East Flanders. The Brantheim brothers were the sons of a shoemaker. They specialize in selling women's shoes to wholesalers and retailers in Belgium. Eventually, the brothers separated and Andrea started a retail outlet Factory Outlet in 1962. This evolved into the Brantano chain of shoe stores.

Brantano acquires British shoe chain "Shoe City"

The collapse of the British shoe company in the mid-1990s and by the end of the century, all stores switched to carrying Brantano fascia. Set up your own home stores throughout the UK, mainly out-of-town retail in large unit department store venues and franchise garden centres.

Its USP is children's fitting, a wide range of products to appeal to families, working with brands like Clarks, Hush Puppies, Nike and Skechers to name a few.

Brantano closed its Dutch and Danish stores in 2005. Its French stores were subsequently liquidated.

In 2007, the Dutch holding company Macintosh Retail Group took over ownership of Brantano.

In 2015, Macintosh sold a subsidiary of Brantano UKAlteri Investors.

it goes into administration in the uk

March 2017. The store closed in June 2017 and lost more than 900 jobs. September 2017 Brantano (UK & Ireland) and its associated brand names were acquired by Lydonford Ltd.