Foot Locker

Footlocker an international retail chain of stores in the sports sector and since 2001, the successor company of the retail chain Woolworths, USA, headquartered in New York City. Founded in the USA in 1974

To the companies belong to the state in 2013 next to the chain store Foot Locker ( nearly 2,000 stores in 21 countries) and the sub-brands Lady Foot Locker ( over 400 stores in the U.S. ) and Kids Foot Locker (over 300 stores in the U.S.) the retail chains Footaction USA (over 300 stores in the U.S.), Champs Sports ( over 550 stores in the U.S. and Canada ), Eastbay (Online Store in the U.S.) and CCS (Online Store for skaters with two stores ). Mainly be sneakers, sneakers and sports apparel, especially sold by selected trend brands.

Woolworth was founded in 1963 in New York City in 1894 Kinney Shoes Corporation acquired, which first sports shoe stores operating as a subsidiary of Woolworth in 1974 in California under the brand Foot Locker. 1998 renamed itself the Woolworth Corporation in Venator Group, Inc. to. In 2001, the Venator Group changed its name to Foot Locker, Inc.

The first branches of Footlocker were opened in 1974. On 28 January 2006, Foot Locker 3,921 stores in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. 44 109 people work at Foot Locker. Most are students and trainees.