Company Description
The pitter-patter of little feet keeps Stride Rite in step. Doing business as Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group, the designer and marketer of footwear for children also peddles boots, dress shoes, sandals, and sneakers for adults. Its brand names include Keds Kids, Robeez, Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider, Jessica Simpson Kids, Tommy Hilfiger Kids, and Stride Rite. Its primary business is wholesale to department stores and other retailers, but it also sells footwear through some 250 company-owned children's shoe stores, a couple company websites, leased departments in Macy's stores, and 100-plus outlet stores. Collective Brands, owner of Payless ShoeSource, owns the footwear firm.