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Market Cap:$1.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.2B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (the Company) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of quality casual shoes, rugged outdoor and work footwear. The Company, a Delaware corporation, is the successor of a Michigan corporation of the same name, originally organized in 1906, which in turn was the successor of a footwear business established in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1883. Approximately 46.6 million pairs of the Companys branded footwear were sold during fiscal 2008, making the Company a global leader among footwear companies in the marketing of branded casual, work and outdoor footwear. The Companys products generally feature contemporary styling with proprietary technologies designed to provide maximum comfort and performance. The products are marketed throughout the world under widely recognized brand names, including Bates ® , Cat ® Footwear, Chaco ® , Cushe ® , Harley-Davidson ® Footwear, Hush Puppies ® , HyTest ® , Merrell ® , Patagonia ® Footwear, Sebago ® and Wolverine ® . The Company believes that its primary competitive strengths are its well-recognized brand names, broad range of comfortable footwear, patented and proprietary designs and comfort technologies, numerous distribution channels and diversified manufacturing and sourcing base. ...
Number of Employees 4,578
Contact Information
9341 Courtland Dr NE
Rockford, Michigan 49351-0001
(616) 866-5500
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Footwear Manufacturing: 316219
Recent Events
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Susquehanna Upgraded Wolverine World Wide, Inc. WWW to Positive
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Todays Zacks Rank Growth and Income Buy: Wolverine World Wide
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Wolverine World Wide hitches its hopes to strong brands for upbeat 2009 outlook
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Wolverine World Wide makes two leadership changes
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Wolverine World Wide Appoints Bill Dodge As VP - Product Development For Outdoor Group -...
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Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Announces Bill Dodge as Vice President - Outdoor Group...
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Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter 2009, Raises Full-Year Ear
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Stocks Surge on Intel News, Data
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STOCKS NEWS US-Jones Apparel rises after CEO comments
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- 2005-07-25
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BLOOM'S BOUNTY; WOLVERINE CHAIRMAN GEOFFREY BLOOM LED HIS COMPANY TO A HUGE TURNAROUND IN THE 1990S.(Wolverine World Wide Inc.)
- 2003-12-08
Anyone who has worked alongside Wolverine World Wide Chairman Geoffrey Bloom over his 16 years at the company would agree that his passion for product is rivaled only by his passion for people. It's this combination that helped the company navigate a Anyone who has worked...
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Names Finance and Administration V.P. for the Hush Puppies Company, U.S.A
- 2000-03-20
Business Editors ROCKFORD, Mich.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 20, 2000 Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Haines, age 40, to the position of Vice President of Finance and Administration for the Hush Puppies Company. Haines most recently worked for Foremost Insurance, a Michigan-based insurance...
Idea Changers.
- 2000-03-20
H. Fred Campbell, President, Campbell Development Co., Southfield Method for building on brownfield sites H. Fred Campbell, who will turn 94 in April, has been running a construction company since 1929, coming up with two dozen patents in that time. H. Fred Campbell, President,...
Hush Puppies' giant step: with foot in door, shoemaker has global goal. (Wolverine World Wide Inc)(Special Section: Crain's International)
- 1997-09-22
Rockford - Wolverine World Wide Inc. has been building international business practically since debuting its Hush Puppies brand in 1958. But about a year ago, the shoe and boot manufacturer established a new corporate goal: to be "a great global cRockford - Wolverine World Wide Inc. has...
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