USA: Brown Shoe Snaps Up Mil-Mar Stores
Brown Shoe Company, Inc (NYSE: BWS), the value-priced family footwear chain, has bought Mil-Mar Shoe Co, a privately owned 26-store footwear chain based in Milwaukee in a bid to raise its Famous Footwear chain's profile. The purchase price was not disclosed.Mil-Mar sells brand name athletic, dress and casual footwear to the same target audience as Famous Footwear.