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Foot Locker
American multinational footwear and sportswear retail company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foot Locker, Inc. is an American multinational sportswear and footwear retailer headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City,[2] and operating in over 40 countries.
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Company type | Public |
Industry | Clothing |
Predecessor | F. W. Woolworth Company |
Founded | September 12, 1974; 49 years ago (1974-09-12) in City of Industry, California, U.S. |
Founders | F. W. Woolworth and Santiago Lopez |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 2,523 stores (2023)[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 46,846 (2023)[1] |
Website | footlocker |
Although established in 1974, and founded as a separate company in 1988, Foot Locker's roots date to 1879, as it is a successor corporation to the F. W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth's”), which changed its name to Foot Locker in 2001, as many of its freestanding stores were Kinney Shoes and Woolworth's locations.[3] The company operates the eponymous “Foot Locker” chain of athletic footwear retail outlets (along with “Kids Foot Locker” and “Lady Foot Locker” stores), and other athletic-based divisions including Champs Sports, Footaction USA, House of Hoops, and Eastbay/Footlocker.com, which owns the rights to Final-Score. The company is also famous for its employees' uniforms at its flagship Foot Locker chain, resembling those of referees.
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According to the company's filings with the SEC, as of January 2017, Foot Locker, Inc. had 3,363 primarily mall-based stores in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Nearly 70% of its products are from Nike.[4]