ABOUT BROWN SHOE :

Brown Shoe is uniquely positioned in the footwear industry as we operate both retail and wholesale businesses. Seventy-three percent of our revenues come from our 1,400 Famous Footwear and Naturalizer footwear retail stores. Through our wholesale division we delivered 60 million pairs of shoes in fiscal 2000 to all channels of distribution – from better-grade department stores to the most successful mass merchants.