11 Facts About Foot Locker

1.

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

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Foot Locker is famous for its employees' uniforms at its flagship Foot Locker chain, resembling those of referees.

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3.

The first Foot Locker opened in the Puente Hills Mall in City of Industry, California.

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4.

Foot Locker aimed for 10 stores in each of the country's major shopping malls, but this never came to pass as Woolworth never developed that many successful specialty store formats.

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5.

In 2004, Foot Locker acquired the Footaction USA brand and approximately 350 stores from Footstar for $350 million.

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6.

Foot Locker purchased CCS, a skateboarding equipment retailer, from Alloy for $103 million in cash.

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7.

Foot Locker has steadily risen in Fortune 500 rank, from 446 in 2011 to 363 in 2018.

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8.

In 2019, Foot Locker invested $100 million in GOAT, an online resale marketplace for sneakers.

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9.

In 2021, Foot Locker acquired Los Angeles-based athletic retailer WSS and Tokyo-based Atmos.

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10.

In 2022, Foot Locker announced it would aim to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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11.

Several Foot Locker stores were damaged in rioting and looting, with two locations destroyed by arson, during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul in May 2020.

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