US: Finish Line to buy Genesco for $1.5bn

By just-style.com | 18 June 2007

Just two weeks after rejecting a sweetened takeover offer from Foot Locker, clothing and hat firm Genesco Inc has today (18 June) agreed to be bought by athletic shoe and apparel retailer The Finish Line in a deal worth around $1.5bn.

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