Stride Rite Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = The Stride Rite Corporation
company_
company_type = Public (nyse|SRR)
company_slogan = "Life's Waiting. Let's Go."
foundation = 1921
location_city = Lexington, Massachusetts
location_country = USA
key_people = Mathew Rubel, Chairman and CEO Collective Brands
num_employees = 2,800 (2005)
industry = Apparel
products = Footwear
revenue = profit $707 million USD (2006)
operating_income = profit $53 million USD (2006)
net_income = profit $34 million USD (2006)
homepage = [http://www.strideritecorp.com/home.asp www.strideritecorp.com]

The Stride Rite Corporation is a leading marketer of high-quality children's footwear in the United States and is a major marketer of athletic and casual footwear for children and adults. In addition to the Stride Rite® brand, the company markets footwear under the following owned or licensed brands: Keds®, Grasshoppers®, Robeez®, Saucony®, Hind®, Sperry Top-Sider®, and Tommy Hilfiger®, and Jessica Simpson Kids.

The Company is a wholesaler of footwear, selling in premier department stores, independent shoe stores, value retailers, and specialty stores. They market products in countries outside the United States and Canada through independent distributors and licensees. Stride Rite also has company-owned children's booteries that carry children's Stride Rite and other company owned children's brands. The Company imports most all of its products from independent resources in the Far East which manufacture footwear according to each brand's specifications and quality standards

In 2007, Payless Shoes of St. Louis, MO acquired Stride Rite, which is now a subsidiary of Collective Brands, Inc.

External links

* [http://www.strideritecorp.com/home.asp Official website]
* [http://www.strideritescrapbook.com StrideRiteScrapBook - User-generated site for the company's shoes]

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