engages in the design, marketing, and distribution of footwear, headwear, and accessories.
The company distributes footwear under its own Johnston & Murphy brand and under the licensed Dockers brand to retail accounts, including various department, discount, and specialty stores.
It operates through five segments: Journeys, Underground Station Group, Hat World, Johnston & Murphy, and Dockers Footwear.
Journeys segment operates Journeys stores, located primarily in the southeast, Midwest, California, Texas, and Puerto Rico, selling footwear for young men and women, and children in 13-22 years age group.
Underground Station segment operates Underground Station and Jarman retail stores, throughout the United States, selling footwear primarily for men in 20-35 years age group.
Hat World segment operates Hat World, Lids, Hat Zone, Cap Connection, and headquarters stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
It sells licensed and branded headwear to men and women primarily in the mid-teen to mid-20’s age group, as well as offers an assortment of college, MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL teams, and other specialty fashion categories.
Johnston & Murphy segment operates retail and factory stores throughout the United States.
It sells a range of men’s dress and casual footwear and accessories.
The company also sells Johnston & Murphy products directly to consumers through a direct mail catalog and e-commerce Websites.
Dockers Footwear segment offers casual and dress casual footwear to men aged 30 to 55 through national retail chains that carry Dockers slacks and sportswear and in department and specialty stores.
As of January 29, 2005, the company operated 1,599 retail footwear and headwear stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and 19 headwear stores in Canada.
Genesco was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
