Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis, Missouri

6:45 P.M. CST

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you.  Everybody have a seat, have a seat.  Thank you so much.  All right, we’ve got some — everybody is a special guest, but we got some big names around here.  First of all, please give a huge round of applause once again to one of the finest governors in this country, Jay Nixon.  Give it up for him.  (Applause.)  Your outstanding attorney general, Chris Koster.  (Applause.)  Your fabulous state treasurer, Clint Zweifel.  (Applause.)  My great friend and supporter, state auditor Susan Montee.  (Applause.)  One of my favorite folks in Missouri, Jean Carnahan.  (Applause.)  And all the McCaskills out there.  I know you take up about half the tables

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Brown Shoe Co. Inc. is a company that began with one man’s dream back in 1878. In that year, George Warren Brown invested all his life savings to open a small business that would manufacture and sell his shoes. It did just that, and today Brown Shoes is a multi-billion dollar corporation.

With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, where George Brown first opened his business, Brown Shoe Co. Inc. is a global operation. They have 13,000 employees worldwide as part of the Textile: Apparel Footwear and Accessories industry. The company lists on the NYSE with a current market cap of $642.68M.

The company’s revenue mix is 61 percent from their retail operations and 39 percent from their wholesale operations. They operate their Famous Footwear division, which has over 1,100 stores in 50 states. This division sells brand-name shoes for the family. The company also operates a specialty retail division, which has

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