A Review of Moore from Paul Sargent
Let’s start with a brief introduction to the Paul Sargent brand.
This is a reborn brand, although its surname, has made many dress shoe lovers know about its origins.
Alfred Sargent has always been a mid-range British brand in the same tier as Crockett & Jones, but it is much less well-known. There are several reasons for this. On the one hand, of course, the scale. The production volume of Alfred Sargent is nowhere near as good as Crockett & Jones for sure. This scale is an important consideration for some brands when choosing outsource to. So in the United States, Brooks Brothers’ footwear sub-brand, Peal & Co, has been using Crockett & Jones for many years. Don’t underestimate this private label business. The Booker brothers’ shipments, for the classic British welted shoes, are quite impressive. Although Alfred Sargent has also had the experience of OEM for American brands, the management felt that there is no match. Alfred Sargent’s sales in the UK, for some reason, are not very stable, but are OEM for the French brand Bowen, accounting for more than 90% of the factory’s production capacity. This also buried hidden dangers. In the end, due to the decline of Bowen’s own business, the cost compression was more stringent, resulting in Alfred Sargent running out of profits and going bankrupt.
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