Genesco

Genesco Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GCO
Industry	Shoes, apparel
Predecessor	Jarman Shoe Company; Genesco Shoe Company
Founded	1924; 100 years ago (1924) (as Jarman Shoe Company)
Founders	James Franklin Jarman William Hatch Wemyss
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
Number of locations	1,410
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mimi E. Vaughn (President, CEO and Board Chair) Scott E. Becker (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary)
Products	Footwear, accessories
Revenue	US$2.38 billion (2023)
Operating income	US$93.2 million (2023)
Net income	US$71.9 million (2023)
Total assets	US$1.46 billion (2023)
Total equity	US$607 million (2023)
Number of employees	c. 19,000 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Journeys (company) Dockers Footwear Johnston & Murphy Journeys Kidz Little Burgundy Schuh Levi's US
Website	www.genesco.com
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Genesco Inc. is an American publicly owned specialty retailer of branded footwear and accessories and is a wholesaler of branded and licensed footwear based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, the company changed its name to the General Shoe Company in 1931 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. In June 2011, Genesco acquired U.K. retail chain and web business Schuh, which gave them an already well-established grounding in a market outside of the U.S.