Genesco Inc. is an American publicly owned specialty retailer and wholesaler of branded and licensed footwear and accessories. Its brands include Dockers, Johnston & Murphy, Journeys, and Schuh.
The company was founded in 1924 as Jarman Shoe Company, and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Company history
James Franklin Jarman, J.H. Lawson and William Hatch Wemyss, all former salesmen for Carter Shoe Co. in Nashville, founded Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer.[1] The company grew rapidly and took the name General Shoe Corporation in 1933, and its initial public stock offering took place in 1939.
By the 1950s, General Shoe had factories in many southern towns, especially in Genesco's home state of Tennessee. The company assumed its current name, Genesco, in 1959, two years after it was chosen as one of the stocks in the first S&P 500 Index.[2]