Shoe Show Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1960 (64 years ago) (1960) in Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S.
FounderRobert Bright Tucker
Headquarters
Concord, North Carolina
,
U.S.
Number of locations
over 1200
Area served
United States
ProductsFootwear
Revenue$6.2 billion[1]
DivisionsThe Shoe Dept.
Burlington Shoes
The Shoe Dept. Encore
Shoebilee!
Websitewww.shoeshowmega.com Edit this on Wikidata

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]

Shoe Show, Waycross, Georgia

Brands sold by Shoe Show

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. ^ "Shoe Show mulls Kannapolis expansion". Charlotte Business Journal. October 25, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "Company info". Shoe Show.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Business Briefs". Middlesboro Daily News. February 29, 1996. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "Shoe Show acquires 44 Shoebilee stores". The Victoria Advocate. February 27, 2002. Retrieved 2019-09-22.[dead link]
  6. ^ Arthur E. Foulkes (December 29, 2009). "National retailer to open new store in Honey Creek Mall". TribStar.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

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