Foot Locker
Headquarters:
112 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10120
Employees: 15,952
CEO: Ken Hicks
Website: http://www.footlocker-inc.com
Stock Symbol:
FL
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If you've been to a mall and shopped for sneakers, then you've probably visited a Foot Locker store. Foot Locker is the world's leading athetic retailer with over 3,600 stores in 21 countres in North America, Europe and Australia. Through its Foot Locker, Footaction, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Champs Sports retail stores, as well as its direct-to-customer channel Footlocker.com/Eastbay, the company is the leading provider of athletic footwear and apparel.
Stores are stocked with the latest athletic
clothing and footwear from Nike, Reebok and Adidas. The stores
are destination locations for its core customers that are 12
to 21 years old.
There are usually multiple Foot Locker-brand
stores found in the same mall.
In January, Foot Locker announced a realignment of management and company organization which will result in the loss of 120 home office and field management jobs.
For 2010, the Company currently estimates that it will open 37 new stores, close 190 under-productive stores, and remodel or relocate 160 stores. As a result, 117 stores are expected to be closed during the fourth quarter, a large percentage of which are Foot Locker and Lady Foot Locker stores in the United States.
History
Foot Locker was originally known as the
F.W. Woolworth Company, founded by Frank and Charles Woolworth
in 1911 as five-and-dime discount stores in New York City.
The company opened the first Foot Locker
in 1974 and grew to thousands of stores worldwide. The company
changed its name to Foot Locker Inc. in 2001. It would acquire
the Footaction chain in 2004.
Benefits
Employees of Foot Locker, Inc., enjoy a
comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental
coverage, as well as life insurance programs, merchandise discounts
and more.
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