Product type Footwear Introduced 1906 Website www.drscholls.com Founder William Scholl | Country Chicago, United States Markets Worldwide Customer service 0124 402 8222 | |
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Founded 1906, Chicago, Illinois, United States Previous owners Schering-Plough, SSL International plc Profiles | ||
Dr. Scholl's is a footwear and foot care brand owned by Bayer in the North and Latin American markets, and by Aurelius AG in its remaining markets worldwide. The brand in the North and Latin American markets was owned by Merck & Co. through its predecessor Schering-Plough until it was sold to Bayer on 1 October 2014. Aurelius AG bought the brand for all other markets from Reckitt Benckiser on 21 July 2014.
History
The company was started by podiatrist William Mathias Scholl in 1906, in Chicago, United States. The original company expanded globally to design and patent over 1000 foot care products, and became a member of the Fortune 500 in 1971.
After William Scholl died in 1968, Schering-Plough bought the brand. Under parent Merck & Co., Schering-Plough imported the product line from China, and has a North American distribution agreement with the Brown Shoe Company.
In 1984, Schering-Plough sold the global brand and non-North American operations to European Home Products, who manufactured footwear and foot care products distributed under the Scholl brand.