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We’re Brown Shoe

We’re a leading consumer-driven footwear company and wholesale supplier of women’s fashion shoes to U.S. department stores under brand names like Naturalizer, Via Spiga, Franco Sarto and LifeStride.

We’re a marketer and supplier of brand-name, private label and licensed footwear to department stores, mass-merchandisers, and independent and specialty stores.

Our major brands and licenses include:

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We're Famous Footwear

Famous Footwear, the largest brand-name, value-priced family shoe store chain in the U.S. with more than 1,100 stores in 50 states. We’re the place to shop for the entire family.

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We're Specialty Retail

Special Retail. Our Specialty Retail division operates about 300 shoe stores throughout the U.S. and Canada under the Naturalizer, F.X. La Salle, Franco Sarto and Brown Shoe Closet names.

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We're Shoes.com

Shoes.com, an online shoe mega store featuring more than 450 leading footwear brands and thousands of the latest styles.
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We're International

Brown Shoe International Sales and Licensing.  This division encompasses our footwear sourcing arm. Through our offices around the world, Brown Shoe sources more than 90 million pairs of shoes annually. The company currently maintains offices in Brazil, Italy, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This flexible structure allows Brown Shoe to source footwear at virtually any price level from any significant shoe manufacturing region in the world.

We're Consumer Focused

Brown Shoe is a consumer-focused company that is growing with 13,000 employees worldwide.
Brands Average Suggested Retail Price
Via Spiga $179.99
Franco Sarto $79.99
Carlos $79.99
Etienne Aigner $64.99
Naturalizer $59.99
Nickels Soft $49.99
Dr. Scholl’s $45.99
LifeStride $34.99
Revenue
Mix for 2007
Retail 67% - Wholesale 33%
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (Headquarters)
8300 Maryland Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(314) 854-4000
International Division
Pacific Rim:
(314) 854-2809
Europe:
011-39-0587-420884
South America:
(305) 436-0161
Central America/Caribbean:
(787) 790-397
Famous Footwear
7010 Mineral Point Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53717
(608) 829-3668
Brown New York
Showroom

156 W. 56th St. 15th floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 489-9770
Brown New York
Office and Design Studio

693 Fifth Avenue 11th floor
New York, New York 10022
Shoes.com
8300 Maryland Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri  63105
(314) 854-4000