An online shoe boutique run by two graduates from De Montfort University (DMU) has been highly commended at this year’s Footwear Industry Awards. Lizze Leary and Beth Widdowson – who set up KindredSole.com after graduating from DMU in 2009 – were delighted to be recognised in the ‘Footwear Brand of the Year’ category at an award ceremony on Sunday (19 February). Lizze, 23, said: "We set up KindredSole.com while studying fashion retail buying at De Montfort University and launched the brand as soon as we had graduated – in the middle of a recession. “To be told that KindredSole.com was amongst the five businesses in the Footwear Brand of the Year shortlist, and then to hear that we’d scooped second place, is just fantastic." Amy Liddington from DMU’s Campus Enterprise Opportunities – which supported Lizze and Beth with a cash bursary and a dedicated mentor when they started up – is delighted with KindredSole.com’s success. “Lizze and Beth have done amazingly well. To set up a business while studying for a degree, and to see that business recognised in a major industry award scheme in just two years, is quite remarkable.” More information about Loughborough-based KindredSole.com is available at www.kindredsole.com|
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