Another huge athletic shoe retailer Foot Locker revealed in December 2024 that it would close 275 of its namesake locations ...

No shoe company bag-man monopoly. And that works for the parents as well, who can talk directly with school collectives, free from being blackmailed for violating NCAA rules.

By 2013, TOMS was reportedly making 250 million dollars in sales a year and had donated 10 million pairs of shoes since it's launch. Just one year later, the company was valued at 625 million dollars.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tracey McLeod, the 56-year-old founder of athletic shoe company Tiem, about her job. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I walked ...

Shoe Carnival shifts focus to growth via rebranding and acquisitions while maintaining a strong balance sheet. Read my SCVL stock thesis.