出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/02 05:18 UTC 版)
Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO), based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a publicly-owned retailer of branded footwear, licensed and branded headwear and licensed sports apparel and accessories and is a wholesaler of branded and licensed footwear. Through its various subsidiaries, Genesco operates 2,276 retail stores throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada and wholesales branded and licensed footwear to more than 900 retail accounts. Founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, the company changed its name to the General Shoe Company in the 1930s 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.