references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message tod s s.p.a. type joint stock company traded as bit tod industry textiles manufacturing founded 1920 founder filippo della valle headquarters sant elpidio a mare italy key people diego della valle chairman and ceo products footwear leather goods revenue 806.4 million 2010 1 operating income 159.9 million 2010 1 profit 109.1 million 2010 1 total assets 915.7 million end 2010 1 total equity 618.4 million end 2010 1 number of employees 3 100 average 2010 1 website tod s tod s group is an italian company which produces luxury shoes and other leather goods and is presided over by businessman diego della valle . contents 1 history 1.1 recent news 2 stores 3 references 4 external links history edit dorino della valle started the shoemaking business out of a basement in the late 1920s . diego della valle dorino s elder son expanded the workshop and turned it into a factory that started manufacturing shoes for american department stores in the 1970s . diego brought in innovative marketing strategies in the early 1980s kept the handmade manufacturing process and went on to create brands of lifestyle named tod s hogan and fay . roger vivier maker of high luxury shoes was acquired in the mid 1990s and developed starting in 2000 . citation needed in 2003 italian designer bruno frisoni was hired as roger vivier s creative director . the della valle family which owns a vast majority of the luxury maker also has stakes in rcs mediagroup the football team fiorentina and other companies . all members of the family were born in the middle italian region of marche and many of them continue to reside there . tod s has numerous stores around the world including large flagship stores in europe us china japan malaysia singapore hong kong indonesia and australia . recent news edit in november 2015 tod s acquired further stock in the roger vivier shoe brand for 415 million . it had previously owned a 57.5 % stake now up to 60.7 % . 2 stores edit asia pacific australia 1 china 65 south korea 17 japan 14 taiwan 12 united arab emirates 5 indonesia 4 malaysia 2 philippines 2 saudi arabia 2 singapore 2 thailand 2 azerbaijan 1 bahrain 1 kuwait 2 guam 1 india 2 qatar 1 lebanon 1 europe italy 26 france 7 germany 6 spain 3 russia 3 greece 2 united kingdom 2 turkey 2 albania 1 belgium 1 denmark 1 luxembourg 1 netherlands 1 portugal 1 switzerland 2 north america united states 11 a shop in hong kong references edit a b c d e f annual report 2010 . tod s group . retrieved 3 may 2011 . tod s splashes out 440 million on roger vivier shoes . reuters . 23 november 2015 . tod s spring summer 2015 . backstage http hdfashion.net ru fashion item 1901 tods spring summer 2015 backstage external links edit official website this italian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tod % 27s & oldid 733426207 categories companies listed on the borsa italianaitalian fashion designersclothing companies of italyshoe brandsluxury brandsshoe companies of italycompanies based in le marcheitalian company stubsfashion stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from march 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2014all stub articles 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal deutschespa ol fran ais italianonederlands portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 7 august 2016 at 18 57 . 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