Famous Footwear
Famous Footwear’s Strongest Q3 Business Wasn’t in Sneakers
Non-athletic styles performed well in Q3 at Famous Footwear, whose parent Caleres delivered record quarterly…
Despite Late Back-to-School Start, Caleres Raises Sales Outlook
The Famous Footwear owner saw second-quarter net sales tick up 9.3 percent to $738.3 million, as net income…
Famous Footwear Owner Has $100 Million of Inventory Stuck in Transit
Caleres doesn't expect steep supply chain costs to fall back to earth until the next calendar year, CEO Diane…
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Caleres Downsizes SKU Count 10% in ‘Edit to Win’ Brand Strategy
The footwear giant saw fourth quarter net sales jump 19 percent to $679.3 million as in-transit inventory…
Caleres Anticipates Supply Chain Delays Could Cost $30M in Q3
The company touted the growth of its Famous Footwear segment, where it recorded gains across athletics…
Why Famous Footwear is Putting a Focus on Kids
Sales at Caleres jumped 60.8 percent to $638.6 million, but Famous Footwear was the backbone of the growth…
Demand for Going-Out Shoes on the Rise: Caleres CEO
Even as CEO Diane Sullivan sees "early" signals of a return for dress sandals, there's one category she…
Retail Tech: Gap Deploys Oracle Merchandising, Telfar Taps Klarna
Alliance Data is powering the Famous Footwear credit card, while fashion label Telfar is debuting "buy now…
Caleres Puts Execs in Place for Digital, Consumer-First Push
The Famous Footwear parent company is reshuffling its leadership deck to serve a digitally led…
Shuffle Board: New President at Famous Footwear, C-Suite Moves at Hanesbrands, Hibbett Beefs Up Merch Team
Caleres named a new president of Famous Footwear, Hanesbrands adds a chief consumer officer, and Sperry names…
Caleres Pins Hopes on Famous Footwear for Q3 and Beyond
Second-quarter net sales at Caleres, which also owns Allen Edmonds and Vionic, were $501.4 million, down 33.4…
Pandemic Erased Famous Footwear’s Strong Start, Caleres Says
Caleres expects 90 percent of Famous Footwear stores will be open by the end of June after the chain's Q1…
Caleres Misses 2019 Estimates as Virus Headwinds Loom
The CEO of Caleres says production delays stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak in China are subsiding but…
Caleres Scrambles to Catch Up to ‘Rapidly Changing Consumer Preferences’
Caleres said it would bolster its brand portfolio and data analysis capabilities, among other initiatives…
Caleres Lowers Expectations for Famous Footwear, Citing Inventory Concerns
Caleres, the parent company behind Famous Footwear and Dr. Scholl's, reduced its outlook for FY19 due to…