Kiwi shoe polish founders William Ramsay (left ... Kiwi tins, with their distinctive name and bird symbol, became staples in homes from Calcutta to Calgary. A new book about Kiwi, commissioned ...

With their distinctive name and Kiwi bird symbol, the shoe polish became staples in cities across the world, and at it’s peak sold 250 million tins annually in 183 countries with 24 countries ...

Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ever since I was at school, the Sunday night ritual of popping open a tin of Kiwi shoe polish and slowly breaking that ...

William Ramsay, the son of a Scottish immigrant, started the company in the early part of the 20th century with the first Kiwi polish hitting shops in 1906. A boot polisher in London after the ...

A leading producer of shoe polish is pulling its products from UK shelves in what’s been called “a sign of the times”. Kiwi, originally founded in 1906, is sold in more than 180 countries ...

The book was his final work before he died in September 2013. William Ramsay founded the Kiwi boot polish company in 1906 and took Australia and the world by storm. Workers put lids on the cans of ...

William Ramsay, the son of a Scottish immigrant, started the company in the early part of the 20th century with the first Kiwi polish hitting shops in 1906. A boot polisher in London after the ...