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3 Companies Owned by Foot Locker

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Updated January 10, 2025

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Foot Locker Inc. (FL) is a sneaker and athletics apparel retailer with about 2,500 locations worldwide. The first Foot Locker retail location opened in California in 1974. The company is the remaining operating entity of the F.W. Woolworth Company, founded in 1879. In the mid-20th century, Woolworths bought G.R. Kinney, a shoemaker that owned the Foot Locker brand. As Woolworths saw its flagship stores decline, the company changed its name, eventually becoming Foot Locker Inc. in 2001.

Foot Locker operates numerous 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:subsidiaries and brand names, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, atmos, and WSS. In 2023, the company generated nearly $8.2 billion in sales and boasted a market cap of about $1.95 billion as of January 2025.

WSS

Type of Business: Retail Footwear and Apparel
Acquisition Price: $750 million
Date of Purchase: September 20, 2021
Revenue: $640 million in 2023

WSS is best known for its neighborhood-based store presence and deep connection within Latino communities. Foot Locker finalized its acquisition of WSS, a West Coast presence, in 2021. In 2023, Foot Locker appointed Blanca Gonzalez as Senior Vice President and General Manager of WSS.

atmos

Type of Business: Digital Global Footwear Retailer
Acquisition Price: $360 million
Date of Purchase: November 1, 2021
Revenue: $31.5 million in 2023

In 2021, Foot Locker acquired atmos, a digitally-led, global retailer headquartered in Japan. The purchase price was $360 million. Atmos expanded Foot Locker's global reach in the Asia-Pacific market, with a presence in Japan.

GOAT Group

Type of Business: Secondary Sneaker Marketplace
Acquisition Price: $100 million minority investment
Date of Investment: February 7, 2019

GOAT is a managed secondary marketplace for sneakers under the GOAT and Flight Club brands. Foot Locker made a "strategic minority investment" in GOAT rather than buying the company outright. As a secondary sneaker marketplace, GOAT allows Foot Locker access to a new niche market in e-commerce.

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