ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brown Shoe Company, Inc. today announced that its management will present a business overview, including confirmation of prior guidance, at the S. G. Cowen 4th Annual Consumer Conference in New York City on January 11th at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time). The session with slides and the Q&A segment will be webcast. The webcast will be available either via the following link on the Company's website: http://www.brownshoe.com/news/news_financial.asp, or via a direct link to: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=BWS&item_id=1188823 .
Brown Shoe management also will present at the 2006 ICR Exchange Conference in Naples, Florida on January 13th at 8:25 a.m. (Eastern time). The session with slides and the Q&A segment will be webcast. The webcast will be available either via the following link on the Company's website: http://www.brownshoe.com/news/news_financial.asp , or via a direct link to: http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=BWS&item_id=1173437 .
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements and expectations regarding the Company's future performance and the future performance of its Naturalizer brand. Such statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These include (i) general economic conditions and the consumer's preferences and purchasing patterns, which may be influenced by consumers' disposable income; (ii) the uncertainties of currently pending litigation; (iii) intense competition and continuing consolidation within the footwear industry; (iv) political and economic conditions or other threats to continued and uninterrupted flow of inventory from Brazil and China, where the Company relies heavily on third-party manufacturing facilities for a significant amount of its inventory; (v) the integration of the Bennett business; and (vi) the Company's ability to successfully implement its plan to strengthen the Naturalizer brand. The Company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission contain detailed information relating to such factors. The Company does not undertake any obligation or plan to update these forward-looking statements, even though its situation may change.
Brown Shoe is a $2.3 billion footwear company with global operations. The Company operates the 900+ store Famous Footwear chain, which sells brand name shoes for the family. It also operates 350+ Naturalizer stores in the U.S. and Canada that sell the Naturalizer brand of shoes and accessories, 16 FX LaSalle stores in Canada, 8 Via Spiga stores that sell Via Spiga shoes and apparel, and Shoes.com, the Company's e-commerce subsidiary. Brown Shoe, through its Wholesale divisions, owns and markets leading footwear brands including Naturalizer, LifeStride, Via Spiga, Nickels Soft, Connie and Buster Brown; it also markets licensed brands including Franco Sarto, Dr. Scholl's, Etienne Aigner, Bass and Carlos by Carlos Santana for adults, and Barbie, Bob-the-Builder and Disney character footwear for children. Brown Shoe press releases are available on the Company's web site at http://www.brownshoe.com/ .
