Company:Genesco

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Genesco Inc.
TypePublic
IndustryShoes, apparel
PredecessorJarman Shoe Company; General Shoe Corporation
Founded1924; 102 years ago (1924) (as Jarman Shoe Company)
Founders
  • James Franklin Jarman
  • William Hatch Wemyss
Headquarters
Nashville, Tennessee
,
U.S.
Number of locations
1,250
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Mimi E. Vaughn (President, CEO and Board Chair)
  • Scott E. Becker (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary)
ProductsFootwear, accessories
RevenueDecrease US$2.38 billion (2023)
Decrease US$93.2 million (2023)
Decrease US$71.9 million (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$1.46 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$607 million (2023)
Number of employees
c. 19,000 (2023)
Subsidiaries
Website{{{1}}}
Footnotes / references
[1]

Genesco Inc. is an American publicly owned specialty retailer and wholesaler of branded and licensed footwear and accessories. Its brands include Dockers, Johnston & Murphy, Journeys, and Schuh.

The company was founded in 1924 as Jarman Shoe Company, and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Company history

Aerial image of the General Shoe Corporation in 1939.

James Franklin Jarman, J.H. Lawson and William Hatch Wemyss, all former salesmen for Carter Shoe Co. in Nashville, founded Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Earlier strictly a manufacturer of footwear, W. Maxey Jarman, the ambitious son of co-founder J.F. Jarman, led the company to slowly diversify, especially as more of the manufacturing was being conducted overseas; as well, it entered into fields such as sports—at one-time manufacturing and selling football (soccer) balls—and retail ownership, including the New York department store Bonwit Teller and the five-and-dime store S. H. Kress & Co.{{citation needed|date = November 2024} In 1973, directors of Genesco, who had oveseen W. Maxey Jarmen's subsequent naming of his son (J.F. Jarman's grandson), Franklin M. Jarman, as board chairman, then "quelled a dispute within the family at its top management" and elected the younger Jarman, then 42‐years‐old, to the further position of company CEO, essentially replacing his father.[2] By 1977, Genesco would go on to add ownership of Henri Bendel and Flagg Bros. shoe stores,[3] to its Jarman's Shoes and Bonwit Teller.[4] On January 2, 1977, the ten sitting directors of Genesco voted unanimously to oust the young Franklin M. Jarman from his positions of president and chief executive officer, retaining him as board chairman, but only with duties and authority as allowed him by the interim CEO, William M. Blackie,[5] with a committee of the board tasked with identifying a permanent CEO.[4][needs update]

The company suffered from over-diversification at one point, and the ongoing manufacturing operations in the southern United States continued to depress results for a long period of time. In February 2002, Genesco Chief Executive Ben Harris, noting that "[s]ales of welted shoes ha[d] fallen as consumers... adopted more casual attire"', said that demand for that product "ha[d] reached a level at which it can be better satisfied from other sources", and—despite previous year company statements "sternly reject[ing]" closure of the Johnston & Murphy, Nashville, Tennessee plant[6]—and announced a layoff of 40 workers, and closure of the plant.[7] Hence, Genesco exited the business of U.S.-based shoe manufacturing in 2002, and in that year began contracting with independent, third parties located offshore, to manufacture its branded and licensed footwear.[1] In June 2011, Genesco acquired U.K. retail chain and web business Schuh.[8]

Brands

The following is a list of some brands and retailers owned or licensed by Genesco as of 2006:

  • Johnston & Murphy – Retailer of men's and women's footwear, apparel, luggage and leather goods sold in Genesco-owned Johnston & Murphy retail stores, and wholesaler of footwear to department and specialty stores.[9]
  • Dockers Footwear – Casual footwear marketed with the Dockers brand licensed from Levi Strauss & Co. and sold at wholesale to department and specialty stores[10]
  • Journeys – Retailer of footwear for teens and young adults.[11][third-party source needed] The first Journeys retail store was opened at the Rivergate Mall in Nashville, Tennessee by Genesco in December 1986.[12]
  • Journeys Kidz – Retailer of footwear for children, where many of the Journeys brands and styles can be found in smaller sizes in the Journeys Kidz stores.[13][third-party source needed]
  • Schuh – U.K. retailer of footwear and other branded items, acquired by Genesco in June 2011.[8]
  • Little Burgundy – Montreal, Canada-based footwear retailer for trendy teens and young adults, acquired by Genesco in 2015.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Genesco Staff (March 22, 2023). "Form 10-K". Nashville, TN: Genesco. https://www.genesco.com/static-files/0610304c-f467-476b-a1e7-281155053219. [non-primary source needed]
  2. ↑ Barmash, Isadore (February 28, 1973). "Genesca Family Dispute Quelled". The New York Times: p. 53. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/28/archives/genesco-family-dispute-quelled-franklin-jarman-to-get-added-post-of.html. 
  3. ↑ Lauderdale, Vance (10 April 2024). "Ask Vance: Flagg Bros. Shoes" (in en-us). Memphis magazine. https://memphismagazine.com/ask-vance/ask-vance-flagg-bros-shoes/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jones, William H. (January 3, 1977). "Jarman Ousted". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1977/01/04/jarman-ousted/43529602-650f-429e-bddb-d376fdb5b85c/. 
  5. ↑ Blackie was a 4-decade veteran of Genesco, and was a director emeritus at the time of his elevation. See Barmash, NYT, op. cit.
  6. ↑ Per its description in the Nashville Post, that plant was "sentimentally viewed as the last vestige of the company’s storied past in American-made, hand-made footwear", see Nashville Post Staff, February 1, 2002, op. cit.
  7. ↑ Nashville Post Staff (2002-02-01). "Genesco Closing Local Shoe Plant, Firing 40 at Headquarters". The Nashville Post. http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2002/2/1/genesco_closing_local_shoe_plant_firing_40_at_headquarters. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Genesco steps in to UK with $162 mln Schuh buy". June 23, 2011. https://www.reuters.com/article/schuh-genesco-idCNL3E7HN1SH20110623/. 
  9. ↑ Garner, Stephen (March 31, 2025). "Johnston & Murphy Marks 175th Anniversary With Special Campaign, Collection and More". https://wwd.com/footwear-news/shoe-industry-news/johnston-and-murphy-celebrates-175-anniversary-1237707468/. Retrieved April 10, 2026. 
  10. ↑ Garner, Stephen (May 27, 2025). "Dockers Footwear Marks Next Chapter With New Innovations, More Classifications". https://wwd.com/footwear-news/shoe-industry-news/dockers-footwear-spring-2026-shoe-offering-1237820598/. Retrieved April 10, 2026. 
  11. ↑ Genesco Staff (2006-12-24). "Journeys Shoes". Genesco Inc. http://journeys.com/. [third-party source needed]
  12. ↑ N, F (14 November 2011). "Journeys Milestone: Biggest Moments" (in en). Footwear News. https://footwearnews.com/2011/business/retail/journeys-milestone-biggest-moments-139939/#!. Retrieved 17 May 2019. 
  13. ↑ Genesco Staff (2006-12-25). "Journeys Kidz". Genesco Inc. http://www.journeyskidz.com/index.aspx?source=RANG2006. [third-party source needed]
  14. ↑ Young, Vicki M. (November 3, 2015). "Genesco to Acquire Little Burgundy Footwear Chain". https://wwd.com/business-news/mergers-acquisitions/feature/genesco-mergers-acquisitions-little-burgundy-footwear-chain-10272771/. Retrieved April 10, 2026. 

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