w 36.113167 n 86.692278 w 36.113167 ; 86.692278 genesco inc. type public traded as nyse gco industry shoes apparel headwear predecessor jarman shoe company founded 1924 1924 founder james franklin jarman william hatch wemyss headquarters nashville tennessee u.s. area served worldwide key people robert j. dennis chairman president and ceo products footwear headwear apparel revenue us 2.6 billion 2013 operating income us 169.8 million 2013 net income us 112.4 million 2013 total assets us 1.3 billion 2013 total equity us 823.7 million 2013 number of employees 22 700 2013 website genesco.com footnotes references 1 genesco inc. based in nashville tennessee united states is a publicly owned specialty retailer of branded footwear licensed and branded headwear and licensed sports apparel and accessories and is a wholesaler of branded and licensed footwear . through its various subsidiaries as of the end of 2013 genesco operates 2 459 retail stores throughout the united states puerto rico canada the united kingdom and the republic of ireland and wholesales branded and licensed footwear to more than 1 025 retail accounts . 2 founded as the jarman shoe company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer the company changed its name to the general shoe company in the 1930s and became a public company in 1939 . 3 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 uk retail chain and web business schuh . this was seen as a huge step for the business as it gave them an already well established grounding in a market outside of the u.s. 4 contents 1 company history 2 brands 3 references 4 external links company history edit james franklin jarman and william hatch wemyss both former salesmen for carter shoe co. in nashville founded jarman shoe company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer . 5 the company grew rapidly and took the name general shoe company in the 1930s . general shoe company s initial public stock offering took place in 1939 . by the 1950s general shoe had factories in many southern towns especially in genesco s home state of tennessee . the company assumed its current name genesco in 1959 two years after it was chosen as one of the stocks in the first s & p 500 index . 6 under the leadership of w. maxey jarman the ambitious son of co founder j.f. jarman the company slowly began the process of diversifying away from strictly footwear manufacturing especially as more of this was conducted overseas . it entered into fields such as sports at one time manufacturing and selling football soccer balls and at one point owned new york department store bonwit teller and five and dime store s. h. kress & co. 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 . the company was probably saved by its decision to reposition itself as a retailer . genesco exited the business of shoe manufacturing when it closed johnston & murphy s nashville tn factory in 2002 . genesco now contracts with independent third parties located outside the united states to manufacture its branded and licensed footwear . 7 8 brands edit the following is a list of retailers and brands owned by and licenses held by genesco johnston & murphy retailer of better 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 under license from levi strauss & co. and sold at wholesale to department and specialty stores 10 lids lids clubhouse lids locker room lids.com lids team sports retailers of licensed and branded headwear and athletic apparel . 11 deer stags journeys retailer of footwear for teens and young adults . 12 the first journeys retail store to open was the rivergate mall journeys in nashville tn opened by genesco in december 1986 . 13 journeys kidz retailer of footwear for children . many of the brands and styles found in the normal journeys stores can be found in smaller sizes in journeys kidz stores . 14 underground by journeys retailer of footwear brands such as nike vans and puma for young men and women 20 to 35 years of age . 15 previously branded as underground station . sh by journeys retailer of footwear for young women 20 to 35 years of age . 16 schuh uk retailer of footwear and other branded items on the highstreet and online at www.schuh.co.uk . trask formerly h.s. trask dress casual footwear marketed mainly as an outdoor brand . references edit citerefgenesco 2012 annual report2012 citerefgenesco 2012 annual report genesco about genesco 2010 . http www.genesco.com schuh e. thomas wood 2007 07 20 . nashville now and then a voice from our past . nashvillepost.com . retrieved 2007 07 21 . walker duncan 2007 04 20 . foot locker makes 1.2 billion offer for genesco . nashvillepost.com . retrieved 2007 07 21 . the nashville post 2002 02 01 . genesco 2010 annual report 2010 p. 6 . about johnson & murphy . genesco inc. retrieved 2006 12 24 . genesco comments on dockers footwear license extension . prnewswire . 2006 10 28 . retrieved 2006 12 25 . overview . genesco inc. retrieved 2006 12 24 . journeys shoes . genesco inc. retrieved 2006 12 24 . info courtesy jim estepa march 14 2012 sales meeting 2012 franklin tn . journeys kidz . genesco inc. retrieved 2006 12 25 . underground by journeys . genesco inc. retrieved 2006 12 25 . genesco inc. 10 k 2010 p. 4 5 . genesco 2012 annual report . genesco inc. 2012 . archived from the original pdf on 2012 05 29 . retrieved 2012 11 30 . genesco 2010 annual report . genesco inc. 2010 . archived from the original pdf on 2010 10 04 . retrieved 2010 10 04 . genesco inc 10 k . genesco inc. 2010 . archived from the original pdf on 2010 10 07 . retrieved 2010 10 07 . genesco closing local shoe plant firing 40 at headquarters . the nashville post . nashvillepost.com . 2002 02 01 . archived from the original on 2010 10 07 . retrieved 2010 10 07 . genesco about genesco . genesco.com . genesco inc. 2010 . archived from the original on 2010 10 04 . retrieved 2010 10 04 . external links edit genesco news releases since 1997 news stories about genesco from nashvillepost.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genesco & oldid 731517596 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in nashville tennesseecompanies established in 19241924 establishments in tennesseehidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent 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