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About Famous Footwear

If you love shoes, you'll love Famous Footwear. We are America's #1 retailer of value brand name shoes for the entire family. With more than 800 stores nationwide, high-volume buying means big savings for you.

Brands & Selection

Choose from thousands of pairs for the entire family!

Convenience

We're located where America likes to shop.

Value

Top-quality, brand name shoes at value prices!

Service

Friendly service when you need it.

Famous Facts

  • 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 visit 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.

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