As it continues to fight back from a tough few years, on Thursday boot and shoe brand Dr Martens announced a new distribution partnership agreement with Beside Group in the UAE. It will mean the brand's entry into the UAE for the first time.

It comes after it earlier this year linked with Crosby in Latin America, with its first store in Santiago, Chile, having opened this week. It's the brand's second store in the region following an opening in Argentina in August.

The company said the partnerships “mark an important milestone in Dr Martens' next phase of growth, as part of the strategic objective of curating market-right distribution and entering new growth markets with capital-light models”.

Beside Group is a major partner for international brands in the Middle East, with “significant

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