Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) is a major American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). Foot Locker, Inc. operates the eponymous “Foot Locker” chain of athletic footwear retail outlets (along with “Kids Foot Locker” and “Lady Foot Locker” stores), Champs Sports, Footaction USA, and Eastbay/Footlocker.com Eastbay/Footlocker.com own the rights to Final Score, ESPN Shop, AFL Store, and The United States Olympic Shop. The chain is known for its employees uniforms resembling those of referees. Image File history File links Foot_Locker's_Logo_is_cool. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... For formerly affiliated and similarly named companies, see Woolworth (disambiguation). ... This article is about the state. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... A baby wearing many items of winter clothing: headband, cap, fur-lined coat, shawl and sweater. ... shoe for right foot A shoe is a piece of footwear for humans, less than a boot and more than a slipper. ... This article is about work. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Foot Locker Inc NYSE: FL (formerly Z) is a United States company specialising in athletic footwear and clothing. ... Foot Locker, Inc. ... Eastbay is a leading world supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. ... A football (soccer) player is cautioned by a referee A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many sports. ...

According to the company's filings with the SEC, as of January 28, 2006, Foot Locker, Inc. had 3,921 primarily mall-based stores in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific (including Australia and New Zealand). SEC redirects here. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

History

In 1963, Woolworth purchased the Kinney Shoe Corporation and operated it as a subsidiary. In the 1960s, Kinney branched into specialty shoe stores, including Stylco in 1967, Susie Casuals in 1968, and Foot Locker in 1974. Kinney is a now defunct chain of full-service shoe stores. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

Woolworth also diversified its portfolio of specialty stores in the 1980s, including Afterthoughts, Northern Reflections, and Champs Sports. By 1989, the company was pursuing an aggressive strategy of multiple specialty store formats targeted at enclosed shopping malls. The idea was that if a particular concept failed at a given mall, the company could quickly replace it with a different concept. The company aimed for 10 stores in each of the country's major shopping malls, but this never came to pass as Woolworth never developed that many successful specialty store formats.

In 1989, the F.W. Woolworth Company incorporated a separate company called the "Woolworth Corporation" in the state of New York. The Woolworth Corporation was responsible for the operations of the Foot Locker stores, among the other specialty chains operated by Woolworth's. One of its first moves was the acquisition of Champs Sports. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the state. ...

During the 1980s and 1990s, the F.W. Woolworth Company’s flagship department store chain fell into decline, ultimately culminating in the closure of the last stores operating under the name of Woolworth’s in the United States in 1997, while continuing aggressive expansion into the athletic business with an acquisition of the Eastbay catalog store. That year, Wal-Mart replaced Woolworth in the Dow Jones average. The Woolworth Corporation remained the parent company of Foot Locker, and in 1998 it changed its name to "Venator Group, Inc." By the 1990s, Foot Locker was responsible for more than 70 percent of Kinney Shoe Corp. sales, while traditional shoe retailer Kinney was in decline. Venator announced the shuttering of the remaining Kinney Shoe and Footquarters stores on September 16, 1998. The 1980s was the decade spanning from 1980 to 1989, also called The Eighties. The decade saw social, economic and general upheaval as wealth, production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The interior of a typical Macy*s department store. ... Eastbay is a leading world supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. ...

As the “Foot Locker” brand had became the Woolworth/Venator company’s top performing line, on November 2, 2001 Venator changed its name to Foot Locker, Inc.^[1] This article is about brands in marketing. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 2004, Foot Locker acquired the Footaction USA brand and approximately 350 stores from Footstar for $350 million.^[2] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Footstar is a shoe retailer based in Mahwah, New Jersey. ...

In 2007, Foot Locker joined with schoolPAX^[3] to launch the Foot Locker School Rewards Program,^[4] designed to provide charitable donations to schools who sign up and shop at Foot Locker with a custom-coded keytag or school code. Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

References

• Fortune magazine, early 1989.

External links

• Foot Locker, Inc. website
• Foot Locker USA
• Foot Locker Europe and UK Website
• History of Kinney Shoes