is about the athletic footwear company . for the foot disease see athlete s foot . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message the athlete s foot type subsidiary industry retail founded 1971 headquarters bern switzerland products footwear clothing accessories parent intersport international corporation gmbh website www.theathletesfoot.com the athlete s foot taf is a global retailer of athletic inspired footwear apparel and accessories . its headquarters are located in bern switzerland . in 1971 david lando realized that athletic shoes were by far the highest selling product in his store . that year he and his son michael lando opened the first the athlete s foot store in pittsburgh pennsylvania . 1 it was the first athletic footwear specialty store of its kind in the united states . soon thereafter the athlete s foot began expanding in the united states . among lando s partners were his brother robert and sidney gilbert of rochester ny . the first international franchise store opened in 1978 in adelaide australia the beginning of the athlete s foot expansion across the world . today the athlete s foot is present in 27 countries across the world with over 483 stores from united states and australia to europe the middle east and latin america . in 2012 the brand was acquired by intersport international corporation iic the world s largest sporting goods retail group headquartered in bern switzerland . 2 strategic brand partners of the athlete s foot include nike adidas reebok asics new balance converse puma se and vans . stores edit africa algeria 8 asia and middle east australia 136 indonesia 26 philippines 16 kuwait 13 new zealand 10 united arab emirates 3 turkey 2 northern mariana islands 2 palau 1 qatar 1 europe netherlands 57 portugal 15 denmark 6 greece 5 italy 5 france 3 ireland 2 finland 2 russia 1 americas mexico 112 united states 36 ecuador 8 peru 4 bahamas 2 aruba 2 cura ao 1 references edit lindeman teresa f. 2006 01 29 . it s got ta be the shoes . pittsburgh post gazette . global franchise group selling the athletes foot external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the athlete % 27s foot & oldid 734746710 categories sporting goods retailerscompanies established in 1971companies based in bernhidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2014all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 12 47 . 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