Woodland is our first no. place in the top 10 formal shoes brands in India 2020. This might come as a bit of a surprise but Woodland, a highly sought-after brand for a lot of millennials, actually has Indian roots. Aero Group, the parent company of Woodland, was founded by Avatar Singh in Quebec, Canada, in the 1980s. Woodland’s products are manufactured and assembled across countries for easy exports. However, major manufacturing is done in India in Noida.