Global Retail Chain Exclusive to Flip Flops and Sandals Experiences Record-Breaking Expansion as Consumers Free Their Toes®.

ATLANTA – With more than 50 shops currently operating throughout the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, Flip Flop Shops announces it will expand its footprint to 90-plus shops by the end of 2012, with an additional 40-plus already in the pipeline for 2013 openings.

New shop openings in 2012 include high-profile locations at the Yacht Haven Grande in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; Miami International Mall in Miami, Fla.; Destin Commons in Destin, Fla.; and Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Through Flip Flop Shops' controlled, global-expansion strategy, the brand projects 236 locations in its development pipeline by 2013.