Company profile: Genesco
1.1 - Company Overview
Company description
- Provider of specialty retail footwear, headwear, sports apparel, and accessories through more than 2,455 stores in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Ireland, operating banners including Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Shi by Journeys, Underground by Journeys, Schuh, Lids, Locker Room by Lids, and Little Burgundy; also offers Johnston & Murphy and designs moderately priced footwear via Genesco Brands Group under licenses such as Leviβs, Dockers, and Bass.
Products and services
- Journeys: Delivers trendy, affordable branded footwear, apparel, and accessories for teens across over 800 stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada, retail-scale
- Johnston & Murphy: Architects modern interpretations of classic footwear and apparel for men and women, sold through over 3,000 global retail and wholesale locations, global-scale
- Schuh: Supplies fashion footwear from a wide range of brands via over 120 UK and Ireland stores with a seamless multichannel shopping experience, multichannel-enabled
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1.2 - Competitors and similar companies to Genesco
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