ltd type private limited industry shoe store 1 founded bacup england headquarters bacup england products shoes website www.wynsors.com wynsors world of shoes is the trading name of courtesy shoes limited comprising a chain of over 40 shoe stores in england . growth of wynsors edit when established in may 1956 courtesy shoes began life as a small number of market hall stalls and shops . in the sixties courtesy shoes purchased two chains of high street shoe shops called seftons and lees of leeds which were rebranded as medina shoes . both were chains consisting of around 12 shops seftons based around the bradford area and lees in the towns surrounding leeds city centre . with success on the high street and the desire to expand quickly courtesy began to open concession stores within kwik save supermarkets at the height of kwik save s success in the seventies again trading as medina shoes . toward the end of the seventies and early eighties there was a change in trends towards out of town shopping and courtesy began to move away from the high street . the first out of town shop opened was in cleckheaton called the factory shoe shop . 1 the success of cleckheaton gave the company a lot of confidence and shortly after in 1984 they opened their second out of town store in thurcroft . the previous owners of the building were wynsor house discount carpets which was changed to wynsor house discount footwear before eventually becoming the first wynsors world of shoes we know today . the store was opened by martin shaw from the tv series the professionals one of the biggest shows on tv at the time generating a lot of interest for the company . the mid to late eighties saw wynsors flourish with shops opening all around the north of england eventually becoming a larger part of courtesy shoes business than the medina stores . as wynsors entered the early 90 s there was a desire to expand into the branded sports footwear market the introduction of uni sport pre empted the shift in advertising focus toward the branded footwear offer and exceptional value . this helped with the steady growth in the number of stores throughout the 1990s and 2000s and helped wynsors establish itself as one of the largest specialist footwear retailers in uk . wynsors now have more than 40 stores and a successful ecommerce site wynsors.com allowing them to supply both nationally and throughout europe . references edit how to choose the best shoes features and fit that keep you moving external links edit wynsors.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wynsors world of shoes & oldid 730325501 categories clothing retailers of the united kingdomretail companies established in 19561956 establishments in england navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 july 2016 at 08 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view