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3 unusual facts about Stride Rite Corporation


Matthew Rubel

Collective Brands was the parent company for Payless ShoeSource, a footwear, accessory and lifestyle brand company; Collective Brands' Performance + Lifestyles Group (formerly The Stride Rite Corporation); and Collective Licensing International.

Stride Rite Corporation

In addition to the Stride Rite brand, the company markets footwear under the following owned or licensed brands: Keds, Grasshoppers, Robeez, Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider, and Jessica Simpson Kids.

On August 16, 2007, the company changed its name to Collective Brands, Inc.


Wolverine World Wide

In 2012, Wolverine World Wide added Saucony, Keds, Stride Rite and Sperry Top-Sider to their list of subsidiaries after a joint agreement with Blum Capital Partners and Golden Gate Capital acquired the Performance Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands for US$1.23 billion.


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