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  • Famous Footwear is the nation's number one retailer of name brand shoes for less for the entire family.
  • 1 of every 10 families shop at Famous Footwear for back-to-school shoes each year.
  • Famous Footwear is one of the top five retailers for great brands like; Skechers, Nike, Timberland, Naturalizer, Rockport, Keds and Buster Brown.
  • More than 120 million customers shop our store every year.
     Date Founded: Founded in 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin under the name Neil's Factory Outlet "Shoe Store".  For more information go to Our History.

     Number of stores: 930 in all 50 states plus Guam and Puerto Rico

     Number of employees: Nearly 10,000 nationwide

     Store Banners: Famous Footwear, Factory Brand Shoes, Supermarket of Shoes, and Warehouse Shoes.

     Key Markets: Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St.Louis, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego and Seattle

     2004 Sales: More than $1.2 billion

     Brands carried: More than 130

     Key brands offered: Nike, Adidas, Skechers, Nunn Bush, Rockport, Nine West, Timberland, Naturalizer, Buster Brown, Steve Madden

     Headquarters address: 7010 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI, 53717-1701

     Distribution centers: Famous Footwear has a 740,000 square foot facility located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and an 800,000 square foot facility located in Lebanon, Tennesee.

     Parent company: Famous Footwear is a division of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (NYSE:BWS), a $2.2 billion footwear retailer and wholesaler, based in St. Louis, MO.

For more information about Brown Shoe Company, Inc.