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The Brazilian Shoe Giant That Learned to Run Three Brands at Once
Vulcabras owns Brazil's homegrown running champion and operates two global names. Its real product is the machine behind them - research, factories, retail reach and a feel for the Brazilian athlete.
Footwear etc.
Footwear etc. is a family-owned California comfort-shoe retailer that has been fitting customers since 1986. It grew out of Rapp's Shoes, a Palo Alto family store dating to 1948, and today runs about 10 stores across the state plus a Shopify-powered online shop. The company specializes in comfort and foot-health footwear from brands like Hoka, Birkenstock, Dansko, Naot, Aetrex, Vionic and Mephisto, with a simple guiding rule: if it's uncomfortable, they don't sell it.
Rack Room Shoes
Rack Room Shoes is one of America's largest family-owned footwear retailers, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1922 and owned by Germany's Deichmann Group since the mid-1980s, it sells athletic, casual, comfort and dress shoes for the whole family across roughly 500 stores in 36 states plus rackroomshoes.com, operating both the Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse banners. The company is known for value pricing, its long-running Buy One Get One 50% Off promotion, the free Rack Room Rewards loyalty program, and a portfolio of national name brands alongside its own private-label lines.
SHOE SHOW, INC.
SHOE SHOW, INC. is a privately held, family-owned footwear retailer based in Concord, North Carolina. Founded in 1960 by Robert and Carolyn Tucker, it sells branded shoes, handbags and accessories for the whole family at value prices through roughly 1,000-1,200 stores across 47 states under the Shoe Show, Shoe Dept., Shoe Dept. Encore, Shoe Show Mega, Burlington Shoes and Shoebilee! banners, plus a growing online store. The company runs a centralized distribution and store-support operation from Concord and moves about a million pairs of shoes a week.