In this July 17, 2012 photo, youths play soccer using Havaianas sandals to mark the goal area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Brazil, literally everyone wears Havaianas, the now ...

Flip flops are worn everywhere, but in Brazil, literally everyone wears Havaianas flip-flops. Brazil's well-heeled socialites swear by them. Legions of slum-dwellers from the country's hillside ...

Havaianas and Rothy's owner Alpargatas' focus on a simpler portfolio has restored profitability, helped by record profits in ...

You'd be hard pressed to find an item more representative of Brazil than Havaianas: those brand-name flip-flops adopted by just about every inhabitant, rich or poor, as well as tourists seduced by the ...

SAO PAULO, July 12 (Reuters) - J&F Investimentos SA has agreed to sell a controlling stake in Havaianas flip-flop maker Alpargatas SA to the investment firms of Brazil's most prominent banking ...

Brazil's popular flip flop brand, Havaianas, is getting a Disney make-over. The sandal brand, owned by clothing and accessories company Alpargatas in São Paulo, signed a licensing agreement with ...

Brazil's well-heeled socialites swear by them. Legions of slum-dwellers from the country's hillside 'favelas' don them almost every day. Minimum wage earners behind juice bar counters use them, as do ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's well-heeled socialites swear by them. Legions of slum-dwellers from the country's hillside "favelas" don them almost every day. Minimum wage earners behind juice bar counters ...

You'd be hard pressed to find an item more representative of Brazil than Havaianas: those brand-name flip-flops adopted by just about every inhabitant, rich or poor, as well as tourists seduced by the ...