Overall impact
D (27)

Commentary

Caleres is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 27.3 for overall impact (bottom 10% of all companies), Caleres ranks 22nd out of 24 industry peers, behind Weyco, Forward Industries, Iconix Brand and 18 others, and ahead of Wolverine World Wide and Foot Locker. On top material causes for Caleres's industry (Apparel & Textiles), Caleres performs poorly in Lgbtq Equality (31.5 score), Quality Lifelong Education (22.0), Decent, Safe Work Opportunities (14.4) and 7 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Caleres did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Founded
1875
Employees
5,000
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
Sub-industry
Footwear
SASB industry
Apparel, Accessories & Footwear
Headquarters
Mo, United States
Share classes
CAL
Description
Caleres, Inc. engages in the designs, develops, sources, manufactures, and distributes footwear in the United States, Canada, East Asia, and internationally. It operates through Famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio segments. The company offers licensed, branded, and private-label athletic, casual, and dress footwear products. The company provides brand name athletic, casual, and dress shoes, including Nike, Skechers, Adidas, Vans, Crocs, Converse, Puma, Birkenstock, New Balance, Under Armour, Dr. Martens, Reef, Asics, Bearpaw, HeyDude, and Veronica Beard brands, as well as company-owned and licensed brands, such as Sam Edelman, Vionic, Allen Edmonds, Franco Sarto, Rykä, Vince, Favorite Daughter, LifeStride, Dr. Scholl's Shoes, Blowfish Malibu, and Naturalizer. The company also operates naturalizer.com, naturalizer.ca, vionicshoes.com, samedelman.com, samedelman.co.uk, allenedmonds.com, allenedmonds.ca, shoebank.com, drschollsshoes.com, lifestride.com, francosarto.com, and ryka.com websites. In addition, it designs, sources, manufactures, and markets footwear to retail stores, such as online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers, and independent retailers. Further, the company wholesales men's footwear, apparel, leather goods, and accessories under the Allen Edmonds brand; footwear for women under LifeStride brand; Italian footwear Franco Sarto brand; athletic footwear for women under the Rykä brand; women's shoe collection under the Vince brand; and women's footwear collection under Veronica Beard brand. The company operates through retail shoe stores, wholesales, and e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. and changed its name to Caleres, Inc. in May 2015. Caleres, Inc. was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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Ethos considers the following causes material for Caleres, based on its industry sub-industry Footwear. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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