Which historic shoe company originally launched the Foot Locker retail brand?
Payless
Kinney Shoes
Stride Rite
Buster Brown
Fact: Foot Locker was launched in 1974 by Kinney Shoes, a longtime American footwear retailer owned by the F. W. Woolworth Company. As athletic shoes surged in popularity, Kinney created Foot Locker as a specialty store focused exclusively on sneakers and sports footwear. The concept quickly outgrew its parent company, and Foot Locker eventually became one of the world’s largest and most recognizable athletic footwear retailers, while the Kinney Shoes chain itself gradually disappeared from the marketplace over the following decades.
Correct Answer: Kinney Shoes