Is Redfoot Shoes Still in Business? (2026 Update)
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Look for Redfoot Shoes on AmazonFull story →Tim Smith pitched footwear built to collapse down small enough for hand luggage, marketed at business travellers and tourists who wanted a backup pair that would not eat into their packing space.
He asked for £300,000 against a tenth of the business, putting a £3 million price tag on the company, and the panel turned him down.
A product that is genuinely hard to manufacture well
Getting any shoe to stay comfortable, keep its structure under a person's weight, and still collapse repeatedly without the joint wearing out is a fiddlier engineering brief than it looks from the outside, and that combination tends to make investors more cautious than the concept alone might suggest.
None of that speaks to whether the underlying idea works; it reflects whether that particular panel wanted to commit that particular sum on that particular day.
Where the brand sits now
Available company registration information reportedly shows the Lancashire-based business still listed as active years on, though a registration confirms paperwork rather than trade.
If you are hoping to buy this product, your best bet is hunting down a present-day stockist rather than assuming the brand still runs its own shop.