![A customer is seen at the British international shoe manufacturer and retailer Clarks outlet store in Hong Kong's Tung Chung district. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut / SOPA Images/Sipa USA Stock Photo - A customer is seen at the British international shoe manufacturer and retailer Clarks outlet store in Hong Kong's Tung Chung district. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut / SOPA Images/Sipa USA Stock Photo -](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H0N3MK/a-customer-is-seen-at-the-british-international-shoe-manufacturer-and-retailer-clarks-outlet-store-in-hong-kongs-tung-chung-district-photo-by-budrul-chukrut-sopa-imagessipa-usa-2H0N3MK.jpg)
A customer is seen at the British international shoe manufacturer and retailer Clarks outlet store in Hong Kong's Tung Chung district. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut / SOPA Images/Sipa USA Stock Photo -
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CORRECTS DATE - Shoppers pass by a former Clark's shoe store that is now one of several vacant retail spaces among the outlet shops in Freeport, Maine, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. U.S.
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Li Ning pays £51 million for Clarks as Chinese companies keep up their global shopping spree for marquee brands | South China Morning Post
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