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Barcelona street sellers take on Nike with own-brand trainers

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona · news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 9 June, 2021 - 06:01

Ethical streetwear co-operative Top Manta says profits will help migrant vendors ‘become legal and work for a decent wage’

After years of selling cheap copies of designer shoes and handbags, Barcelona’s street vendors have set up a co-operative and launched a line of trainers under the brand name Top Manta.

Unlike an earlier attempt to establish a brand in 2017 by sticking a logo on shoes imported from China, the trainers are made in Alicante in Spain and Porto in Portugal.