Uniform-Shoes consolidates its expansion internationally

Uniform-Shoes, the Portuguese specialist in professional footwear, founded in 2014 — under the umbrella of Cool Gray Lda., headquartered in Oliveira de Azeméis — is enjoying strong commercial momentum and, consequently, consolidating its international presence.

Having outfitted the hospitality and management teams at the Château de Versailles in 2023, in 2025 the Portuguese brand will renew its contract with the emblematic French palace, located on the outskirts of Paris and a symbol of the absolutist monarchy of King Louis XIV, who remodelled and decorated it in the Baroque style.

The Versailles contract with Uniform-Shoes will be extended for a further two years, reaffirming this prestigious collaboration, alongside many others currently underway, including the “start of a new project with Lufthansa Group, confirming the brand’s growing recognition among leading international clients,” said APICCAPS — the Portuguese Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association.

With the Middle East and Europe as its main markets, in 2026 it “projects a phase of strong expansion in the United States, the consolidation of operations in the Middle East and the implementation of new large-scale projects in various European markets”, added APICCAPS, highlighting Portugal’s special role as a platform for industrial development and innovation. Nevertheless, this technical footwear also reaches destinations such as Madagascar, Cameroon and Morocco, to name a few of the most distinctive and distant markets.

“Uniform-Shoes has been consolidating its commercial presence across multiple geographies, supplying technical and customised footwear solutions to luxury tourism projects in Portugal and abroad, which rely on the brand to equip their teams,” the statement continued. “Its clients include leading names such as the Hilton Group, Rolls-Royce and Austrian Airlines.”

Alongside this specialisation, Uniform-Shoes also supplies international luxury retail operations with “uniform footwear for their sales teams, under confidentiality agreements that attest to the level of trust and rigour in this segment, and has been invited to submit proposals in international tenders, especially in the Middle East, where its network of local partners ensures direct service capacity and technical support in the region’s main markets,” said the Portuguese footwear association.

In short: Uniform-Shoes “combines tradition and innovation to meet the technical and aesthetic demands of professionals in the aviation, hospitality, retail and corporate services sectors”, benefiting from in-house manufacturing that is 100% Made in Portugal.

“ISO 14001 certification (sustainability), SEDEX membership (good management practices) and exports to more than 50 countries attest to the excellence of its production,” APICCAPS also said, highlighting the combination of technical design with “certified comfort and ethical responsibility in a project that is consolidating its position as one of the most promising in the sector,” it concluded.