Kinney Shoes

Kinney Shoes

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Kinney Shoes
company_
slogan = "The Great American Shoe Store"
fate = Closed by parent company Venator Group
successor = Foot Locker
foundation = 1894
defunct = 1998
location = flagicon|New York Waverly, New York, USA
industry = Retail
key_people =
products = Shoes
num_employees =
parent = F. W. Woolworth Company, later Venator Group (from 1963)
subsid = Stylco, Susie Casuals, Foot Locker

Kinney Shoes is a defunct chain of full-service shoe stores. They carried a full line of shoes, dress and casual, for men, women and children. Stores were typically located inside of a shopping mall. Their slogan was "The Great American Shoe Store". The company was acquired by F.W. Woolworth Company in 1963 and was closed in 1998.

In 1974, Kinney founded the Foot Locker sporting goods division, which the company's one remaining division operates under its own name.

External links

[http://r-rwebdesign.com/kinney/index.html A web site dedicated to the Kinney Shoe Corporation]


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