The Perth, Ontario, plant of the Brown Shoe Co. will produce its last pair of shoes in April 2004, the company has announced.

The company has been producing boots and sandals at the Canadian plant since 1961. Around 300 jobs will be lost and the closure will also see the end of the company’s North American manufacturing operations, though it will continue to operate a distribution centre from the Perth site.  Brown Shoe will take an after-tax charge of between $3.8 million and $4.2 million in the fourth quarter to cover severance payments and material costs.

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