Brown Shoe Company is a footwear retailer and wholesaler. Co. provides a range of licensed, branded and private-label casual, dress and athletic footwear products to women, men and children. Co.'s activities include the operation of retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites. As of Feb 1 2014, Co. operated 1,223 retail shoe stores in the U.S., Canada, and Guam primarily under the Famous Footwear and Naturalizer names. In addition, through its wholesale operations, Co. designs, sources and markets footwear to retail stores domestically and internationally, including national chains, mass merchandisers, department stores, independent retailers, catalogs and online retailers.