Max Griggs

Max Griggs is the president of the R Griggs Group, current owner of the Dr. Martens shoe company, and one of largest shoe manufacturers in the United Kingdom. The company moved all factories etc. to the People's Republic of China in 2002 in an effort to save millions of pounds in wages.

The Dr Martens (nicknamed DMs) shoes were most popular in the 1980s, but their sales started to decline.

In 1992 Max Griggs bought Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds football clubs. He successfully merged them into one as Rushden & Diamonds football club, which enjoyed league status for a time. One of the stands in the club's ground was called the Airwair stand (a type of DM shoe).

Max Griggs sold the club to the fans in 2005 for £1. The club went into administration six years later.

External links

• BBC - Griggs hands over Diamonds
• Scotland on Sunday - Even well-heeled can't ensure Diamonds are for ever

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