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Footwear News, January, 1995 by Tedeschi, Mark
Foot Locker's chain stores have changed to meet the marketing needs of the 1990s. The 20-yr-old company has over 1,400 US stores and 300 stores abroad, and it has set the standard for athletic shoe stores. However, it faces increased competition of newer chains and stores, and it may need further innovations to meet the market.
NEW YORK -- Sometimes even a giant has to turn around to see what kind of impression he's making in the dirt.
Foot Locker, easily this nation's dominant athletic footwear retailer with more than 1,400 stores in the U.S., for a long time seemed to make no false move. The premier athletic specialty division of Kinney Shoe Corp. -- which spawned successful offshoots Lady Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker -- is already in just about every U.S....
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