Caleres
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Caleres Inc. is an American footwear company that owns and operates a variety of footwear brands. Its headquarters is located in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.[4][5] Founded in 1878 as Bryan, Brown & Company in St. Louis, it underwent several name changes;[6] for a time, the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company was the largest manufacturer of shoes in America. It went bankrupt in June 1939.[7]
Formerly | Brown Shoe Company (1875–2015) |
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Company type | Public |
Industry | Retail, wholesale |
Founded | 1875; 149 years ago (1875) |
Headquarters | Clayton, Missouri, U.S. |
Number of locations | 1,369 (January 2011)[1] |
Key people | Jay Schmidt (CEO) |
Products | Footwear |
Revenue | $2.968 billion (2022)[2] |
Number of employees | 13,400[3] |
Website | caleres |
In the 1970s, Brown operated Famous Footwear, Cloth World fabric stores, Bottom Half jeans stores, and Meis department stores.[8] On May 27, 2015, Brown Shoe changed its name to Caleres.[9] Current brands include Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Allen Edmonds, Naturalizer, and Vionic.