Brown Shoe Company is a global footwear company that inspires people to look and feel good every day, with a compelling portfolio of loved and trusted brands. They put more than 100 million pairs of shoes on the feet of women, men and kids around the world each year through partnerships with department stores, national chains and independent retailers on behalf of their footwear brands, as well as their own retail stores, catalogs and e-commerce sites. Brown Shoe maintains global operations in St. Louis, New York, Canada, China and Italy in order to bring a truly worldwide perspective to their business.

The Brown Shoe Company understands that now more than ever, consumers seek greater value from the companies with which they do business. Dollars must work harder as people look to get the most from their investment. Brown Shoe offers that value to our customers with the right combination of style, convenience, quality and price. Their large portfolio of brands is priced to include something for everyone, no matter what you choose to spend. They are also often introducing a variety of unique offerings to add some excitement to your shoe shopping trip. Ultimately, Brown Shoe strives to help you make smart choices when it comes to meeting your footwear needs.

Led by numerous Famous Footwear shoe store chain stores, Brown Shoe offers attractive and convenient shopping environments in which consumers find excellent value and the fashion they desire. For those who prefer to spend less time shopping for shoes and more time wearing them, their shoes.com e-commerce site stocks more than 450 brands for women, men and kids.

Because they know every consumer is unique, their brand portfolio fills a broad range of needs - from sophisticated fashion with Via Spiga and Vera Wang Lavender Label to comfort and style with Naturalizer and Franco Sarto, to the trusted comfort heritage of the Dr. Scholl's family of brands, to exciting celebrity artist collaborations like Carlos Santana and pop superstar Fergie. Each of their brands, both retail and wholesale, is tailored to fit the lifestyle and passions of a unique footwear consumer, and continually evolves along with them.

Through world-class sourcing and product development organizations, extensive research into marketplace and consumer insights, and collaborative relationships with both leading retailers and manufacturers of footwear, the Brown Shoe Company delivers consummate value to their customers with the right combination of style, convenience, quality and price, wherever you choose to shop.

Learn more about the Brown Shoe Company at their website.

April 2011 Summary:
Brown Shoe is a $2.5 billion global footwear company. Brown Shoe's retail division operates Famous Footwear, a leading family branded footwear destination with over 1,100 stores nationwide and e-commerce site FamousFootwear.com, approximately 260 specialty retail stores in the U.S., Canada, and China primarily under the Naturalizer brand name, and footwear e-tailer shoes.com. Through its wholesale divisions, Brown Shoe designs and markets leading fashion and athletic footwear brands including Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, LifeStride, Sam Edelman, Franco Sarto, Via Spiga, Vera Wang Lavender, Etienne Aigner, Avia, ryka, And 1, and Buster Brown.

www.brownshoe.com

Please do not confuse the Brown Shoe Company with brown colored shoes?  Yes, they sell brown colored shoes for men, women, and children.  But that is not the basis of the company.

Discuss the Brown Shoe Company and other footwear companies at the Footwear Group on the Fashion Industry Network.