EXCLUSIVE: Marubeni Consumer Platform US Acquires Jacobson Group, Owner of Gola Footwear

LONDON — Marubeni Consumer Platform US is kicking off 2026 with the acquisition of Britain’s Jacobson Group, owner of footwear brands including Gola, Lotus, Ravel, and Frank Wright, and a licensee of Dunlop and Lonsdale. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More from WWD MCPU is a division of the Tokyo-based Marubeni Corporation, a global, integrated business founded in 1858 that operates across a range of sectors, including lifestyle, food and agriculture, chemicals, energy, metals ...