imberland can trace its timberland boots origins back to 1952, to new england in the us. that was the year that nathan swartz bought a 50% interest in the abingdon shoe company, a massachusetts-based outfit manufacturing 'own label' shoes for discount timberland leading us footwear brands.

by 1955, swartz had bought the remaining interest in the business and was joined timberland boots sale by his two sons. swartz and sons made their first boots under the ' men timberland boots timberland' name in 1973. thanks to the revolutionary injection moulding technique they had introduced eight years earlier, they were guaranteed waterproof and were an instant hit. as timberland shoes its leather boots and shoes appeared on the market, the brand became well-known and in 1978 the timberland boots business changed its name to the timberland company.in 1980 timberland footwear was launched in italy, its first foray into the international market. in 1986, the first timberland store opened in newport, rhode island, in the eastern us. two years later, timberland introduced the hydrotech boat shoe as well as their first men's sportswear collection. timberland came to the uk in the 1980s through distributor partnerships, but a subsidiary timberland boots of the business was set up in 1989. ar.