Apparel Group will help expand Steve Madden’s footprint in the GCC, Africa, Egypt, Turkey and CIS countries. Currently, Steve Madden has eleven stores in the UAE and 21 stores throughout the GCC region.

Steve Madden is a fashionable American footwear brand. Apparel Group, a leading global fashion conglomerate, is the partner of choice for some of the world’s most desirable fashion brands and currently boasts more than 2010 stores throughout 14 countries, with over 78 brands.

Apparel Group’s philosophy has been to be associated with leading international brands with a vision of ensuring, increasing, and solidify their commercial status on a global scale. Apparel Group plans to open 13 new Steve Madden stores in 2023. Over the next five years, Apparel Group aims at opening 50 Steve Madden stores and launch an online platform in the GCC to provide customers with an omnichannel experience.

Apparel Group and Steve Madden are committed to fostering a strong cultural identity for the joint venture, building on Apparel Group’s long-standing history of brands and its innovative quantitative approaches that have been core to its success. This new joint venture aims to expand these strengths and bring in new and unique perspectives, expertise, and insights to better serve its customers.