Brown Shoe (BWS)

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Brown Shoe Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer and wholesaler of footwear. The company provides a range of licensed, branded, and private-label casual, dress, and athletic footwear products to women, men, and children. As of January 31, 2009, it operated 1,444 retail shoe stores in the United States, Canada, the People's Republic of China, and Guam primarily under the Famous Footwear and Naturalizer names. The company also designs, sources, and markets footwear to retailers, including department stores, mass merchandisers, national chains, independent retailers, and catalogs and online retailers. In addition, it owns interest in Shoes.com, Inc., a pure play Internet e-tailing company, which offers a selection of footwear and accessories to men, women, and children that include company-branded and licensed footwear, as well as footwear purchased from outside suppliers and certain merchandise. The company also offers its products to consumers through catalogs and Web sites. Brown Shoe Company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.