Shoe Show Explained

Shoe Show Inc.
Type:Private
Founder:Robert Bright Tucker
Area Served:United States
Industry:Retail
Products:Footwear
Divisions:The Shoe Dept.
Burlington Shoes
The Shoe Dept. Encore
Shoebilee!
Key People:Lisa Tucker(CEO)
Foundation: in Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S.
Location City:Concord, North Carolina
Location Country:U.S.
Locations:over 1200
Revenue:$6.2 billion[1]

Shoe Show, Inc. is an American footwear retailer based in Concord, North Carolina. It operates shoe stores throughout the United States under the brands Shoe Show, Shoe Dept., Shoe Dept. Encore, Shoebilee!, Burlington Shoes, and Shoe Show Mega.

The company was founded in 1960 by Robert B. Tucker[2] and has more than 1150 locations.[3] It acquired Burlington Shoes in 1986, Altier Shoes in 1993[4] and Shoebilee! in 2002.[5] In the early 2000s, the company began opening Shoe Dept. Encore stores, which are larger than regular Shoe Dept. stores.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Schneider-Levy, Barbara. "This Billion-Dollar Retailer Sells 1 Million Pairs of Shoes a Week — Here’s How it Became Successful", Footwear News, February 17, 2020.
  2. Web site: Shoe Show mulls Kannapolis expansion . Charlotte Business Journal . October 25, 2006 . December 24, 2010.
  3. Web site: Company info. Shoe Show.com. July 28, 2016.
  4. News: Business Briefs . Middlesboro Daily News . February 29, 1996 . December 24, 2010.
  5. News: Shoe Show acquires 44 Shoebilee stores . The Victoria Advocate . February 27, 2002 . 2019-09-22.
  6. Web site: National retailer to open new store in Honey Creek Mall . Arthur E. Foulkes . TribStar.com . December 29, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318004455/http://tribstar.com/business/x546426312/National-retailer-to-open-new-store-in-Honey-Creek-Mall . 2012-03-18 . dead . 2019-09-22.