The little blond boy and his dog Tige became the emblem of the Brown Shoe Company children's line. Bush, made a lasting contribution to his company by buying the rights to the Buster Brown character in 1904. Fenton Outcault, creator of the popular comic strips The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown. Another exhibitor at the fair was the cartoonist R. The company put up a model shoe plant at the fair, and this exhibit won Brown a grand prize. Louis World's Fair, a gala event that put a spotlight on the Missouri town. Louis was becoming known as a major shoe manufacturing center.Īlso in 1900, Brown Shoe contributed $10,000 to the St. By 1900, the company was growing at a rate of $1 million a year, and St. Brown shoes were sold all over the Midwest at prices lower than those of the older New England shoe firms. In 1885, when Bryan sold his interest, the name was changed to Brown-Desnoyers Shoe Company. In 1893, Desnoyers retired, and the name was changed to The Brown Shoe Company.
In 1881, the company incorporated as the Bryan Brown Shoe Company. In its first year, 1878, the company had sales of $110,000. Brown paid five skilled shoemakers from Rochester, New York, to come to St. Bryan and Jerome Desnoyers, Brown founded Bryan, Brown and Company to make women's shoes. After working for four years in his brother's wholesale business, Brown had accumulated enough capital to test his idea. Louis than in the established East Coast factories. Brown believed that shoes could be made more cheaply in St. Skilled workers in New England factories made shoes that were then shipped to jobbers at points west.
At that time, shoes were primarily manufactured on the East Coast. While working as a traveling salesman, Brown came to see great potential in the St. Louis from New York in 1873 to work in his older brother's wholesale shoe business. Brown operates online through, which features more than 150 footwear brands.īrown Shoe Company began as a shoe manufacturing concern. Buster Brown & Co., which represents the company's children's footwear business, markets Buster Brown shoes as well as other brands geared toward children. The company's wholesale division markets branded, licensed, and private label footwear to mass merchandisers and department stores throughout the country. Naturalizer, the company's flagship brand of women's shoes, supports a chain of nearly 400 retail outlets in North America. Brown operates 900 retail stores in the United States under the names Famous Footwear, Supermarket of Shoes, Warehouse of Shoes, and Factory Brand Shoes. in 1972 to reflect the company's variegated interests.ġ985: Brown Group announces the divestiture of its recreational products assets.ġ986: The acquisition of Pagoda Trading Company, an Asia-based importing firm, signals the company's move away from manufacturing.ġ995: The last company-owned shoe factory in the United States is closed.ġ999: After changing its name back to Brown Shoe Company, Inc., the company attempts to revitalize its image and brands.Ģ002: More than 100 Naturalizer stores are closed and 700 Famous Footwear outlets are remodeled as part of the company's sweeping restructuring efforts.Ģ003: The company signs a licensing agreement to design, source, and market footwear under the Bass label.īrown Shoe Company, Inc., is a retailer, wholesaler, and licenser of men's, women's, and children's footwear. We're always striving to be the best, to be the leader in footwear.ġ878: Bryan, Brown and Company is formed, incorporating as Bryan Brown Shoe Company three years later.ġ904: The company buys the rights to the Richard Fenton Outcault cartoon character, Buster Brown.ġ913: Brown Shoe Company debuts on the New York Stock Exchange.ġ950: Brown Shoe Company acquires Wohl Stores, marking its entry into the retail sector.ġ969: Brown Shoe Company begins to diversify, changing its name to Brown Group, Inc. People of integrity, true partners, working together to deliver a remarkable footwear shopping experience to today's consumer. We believe our success is the result of continual testing and learning-the kind of disciplined approach that leads to new levels of success. We're moving forward, growing, forever seeking new ways to delight our customers. NAIC: 316219 Other Footwear Manufacturing 316213 Men's Footwear (Except Athletic) Manufacturing 316999 All Other Leather Good Manufacturing 424340 Footwear Merchant Wholesalers 448210 Shoe Stores Incorporated: 1881 as Bryan Brown Shoe Company
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