Sergio Rossi
Template:Short description Template:For Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | headquarters | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | subsidiaries | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Sergio Rossi is an Italian fashion brand that focuses on footwear.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The company was founded in 1951 by Sergio Rossi.
History
Founded in 1951 in San Mauro Pascoli, the brand takes its name from founder Sergio Rossi, who inherited the tools and traditions of shoemaking from his father. Rossi was initially making sandals that he would sell on the beaches of Rimini and in boutiques in Bologna.
The first official collection of Sergio Rossi brand shoes was produced in 1968. According to Vogue, during the 1960s, the company "rapidly became synonymous with Italian quality and classic feminine designs."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The brand collaborated with Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Azzedine Alaïa in the 1970s. In 1980, the expansion process started with the opening of the first single-brand boutiques in Ancona, Italy, and then later in Turin, Florence, Rome, Brussels, New York, Los Angeles, and London.
In 1999, the PPR Luxury Division, known as Gucci Group, acquired 70% of shares of Sergio Rossi for a value of approximately $96 million. Six years later, the Kering group bought the remaining 30%, obtaining full control of the Sergio Rossi brand. In 2015, the company was sold to Investindustrial holdings.
In June 2021, Fosun Fashion Group announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Sergio Rossi S.p.A.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In July 2024, Paul Andrew was named as the brand's creative director.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
San Mauro production plant
The San Mauro production plant was built in 2003. It measures a total of Template:Convert, with Template:Convert accounting for production and warehouse space and Template:Convert of space for offices, pattern, and prototype departments. San Mauro's industrial platform produces women's and men's luxury footwear.Template:Citation needed
Organization of the store network
The brand has a network of 83 stores worldwide as well as an online sales site.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In April 2011, Sergio Rossi began opening several men's boutiques in collaboration with Wallpaper*<ref name="wallpaper">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in Milan, designed by architect Antonino Cardillo,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Casablanca, and Tokyo. Since autumn 2011, most of the boutiques have been renovated around a new concept developed in collaboration with Ilse Crawford.<ref name="howtospendit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>