Roots – St.Laurent Shopping Centre

Specialties

Roots merchandise includes:

* Roots Genuine Leather jackets, bags and luggage

* women’s and men’s Clothing

* Roots Athletics sportswear

* Roots Kids and Roots Baby clothing

* Roots Home (leather furniture, linens, towels and

accessories)

History

Established in 1973.

Michael Budman and Don Green, who still run the business today, founded Roots in 1973. The privately

held Canadian company began with a small store in Toronto selling what soon became the highly

successful Roots ‘negative heel’ shoe.

The Roots global headquarters and design centre are located in Toronto at 1400 Castlefield Ave. The

company’s state-​­of-​­the-​­art leather goods factory is located in Toronto on Caledonia Road. It has always

been operated by the Kowalewski family, famous for three generations of old-​­world craftsmanship.

Roots has more than 220 retail stores in Canada, the United States and Asia (China, Taiwan).

Roots merchandise includes Roots Genuine Leather (jackets, bags and luggage)_ Roots Athletics

(sportswear)_ Roots Kids and Roots Baby (clothing)_ Roots Home (leather furniture, linens, towels and

accessories) and a number of licensees in categories including timepieces and luggage.