Robert Bendl leaves Gore – schuhcourier

Robert Bendl, Footwear COF Sales at Gore, is retiring. After more than 40 years in the industry – 14 of them at Gore – the last day at the company came in mid-December. “On this occasion, I would like to thank you/all of you once again for the sometimes very long collaboration and support,” writes Bendl in a statement. “More than 4 decades in the shoe industry, which I enjoyed, are now over – Because shoes are my passion and will remain so.”

Bendl is going into “(un)retirement”: The plan is to continue to be in contact with the industry and to live out his passion by regularly selling shoes in the shop of a friend of his. He also writes that he can easily imagine applying his knowledge in the form of product training and sales training. “It’s come full circle for me – I come from the shoe trade and that’s where I’m going again.”