With some experience in franchising, Mar group is now launching its own women shoes brand called Zilian and setting up its first shop in Lisbon (400 m²). A € 1,5 million investment.

The shelves are organized by size and color, showing quite cheap shoes but with quality and originality (hand-made finishing, unusual fabrics like fish skin...)

The first collection (Spring-Summer 2008) has been made in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, China. The next one should involve more Portuguese producers, before the opening of the second Zilian shop in 2009.

Source: Sapo May 23rd 2008