Are we global or are we just being used? Because we’re way more than just a theme…or a meme.

By Colin W. Sargent

From a sunlit office in Italy, Marco Tamponi contemplates the mythical allure of a place he has never called home. As Global Brand Manager for Sebago, the heritage footwear label long synonymous with hand-stitched Docksides and the crisp salt air of coastal New England, Tamponi has made it his métier to bottle the ineffable quality of “Maine”—and export it.

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