Company History
- Founded in 1924 by James Franklin Jarman, J.H. Lawson, and William Hatch Wemyss
- Renamed General Shoe Company in 1931
- Initial public stock offering in 1939
- Became Genesco in 1959
- Diversified away from footwear manufacturing under W. Maxey Jarman's leadership

Brands
- Johnston & Murphy: Retailer of mens and womens footwear, apparel, and leather goods
- Dockers Footwear: Casual footwear licensed from Levi Strauss & Co.
- Journeys: Retailer of footwear for teens and young adults
- Journeys Kidz: Retailer of footwear for children
- Schuh: U.K. retailer of footwear and branded items

References
- Form 10-K: Genesco's financial report
- 'Nashville now and then: A voice from our past' by E. Thomas Wood
- 'Foot Locker makes $1.2 billion offer for Genesco' by Walker Duncan
- 'Genesco closing local shoe plant, firing 40 at headquarters' from The Nashville Post
- About Johnston & Murphy from Genesco Inc.

External Links
- Official website of Genesco
- News stories about Genesco from NashvillePost.com
- Business data for Genesco on Bloomberg, Google, Reuters, SEC filings, and Yahoo!
- Coordinates of Genesco's location: 36°6'47.4'N 86°41'32.2'W

Acquisitions
- Genesco acquired New York department store Bonwit Teller and five-and-dime store S. H. Kress & Co.
- Acquired Schuh, a U.K. retailer, in 2011
- Acquired Little Burgundy, a Montreal-based footwear retailer, in 2015

Genesco (Wikipedia)

Genesco Inc. is an American publicly owned specialty retailer of branded footwear and accessories and is a wholesaler of branded and licensed footwear based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, the company changed its name to the General Shoe Company in 1931 and became a public company in 1939. The company took its current name, Genesco, in 1959. Genesco exited footwear manufacturing in 2002 and now contracts with independent, third parties located outside the United States to manufacture its branded and licensed footwear. In June 2011, Genesco acquired U.K. retail chain and web business Schuh, which gave them an already well-established grounding in a market outside of the U.S.

Genesco Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GCO
Industry	Shoes, apparel
Predecessor	Jarman Shoe Company; Genesco Shoe Company
Founded	1924; 100 years ago (1924) (as Jarman Shoe Company)
Founders	James Franklin Jarman William Hatch Wemyss
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
Number of locations	1,410
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mimi E. Vaughn (President, CEO and Board Chair) Scott E. Becker (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary)
Products	Footwear, accessories
Revenue	US$2.38 billion (2023)
Operating income	US$93.2 million (2023)
Net income	US$71.9 million (2023)
Total assets	US$1.46 billion (2023)
Total equity	US$607 million (2023)
Number of employees	c. 19,000 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Journeys (company) Dockers Footwear Johnston & Murphy Journeys Kidz Little Burgundy Schuh Levi's US
Website	www.genesco.com
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