Foot Locker

Foot Locker Retail, Inc. is an American sportswear and shoe retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and running in 28 countries.

Although mounted in 1974, and based as a separate employer in 1988, Foot Locker's roots date to 1879, as it's far a successor agency to the F. W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth's”), as lots of its freestanding shops have been firstly Kinney Shoes and Woolworth's locations. The employer operates the eponymous “Foot Locker” chain of athletic shoes retail outlets (alongside “Kids Foot Locker” and “Lady Foot Locker” shops), and different athletic-primarily based totally divisions which include Champs Sports, Footaction USA, House of Hoops, and Eastbay/Footlocker.com, which owns the rights to Final-Score. The employer is likewise well-known for its employees' uniforms at its flagship Foot Locker chain, comparable to the ones of referees.

According to the employer's filings with the SEC, as of January 28, 2017, Foot Locker, Inc. had 3,363 in most cases mall-primarily based totally shops withinside the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Nearly 70% of its merchandise is from Nike.

Founded: 1947
Founders: F. W. Woolworth and Santiago Lopez
Headquarters: 330 West 34th Street, New York City, New York, US

Market Cap: $4.73 B

Website: footlocker.com