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NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: Peter D. Brown
Vice
President, Investor Relations
and
Treasurer
Foot
Locker, Inc.
(212)
720-4254
NEW YORK, NY, March 28, 2003 – Foot Locker, Inc.,
(NYSE: Z), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced today that
Matthew D. Serra, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bruce L. Hartman,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the
Banc of America Securities Consumer Conference on April 3, 2003. The presentation, which will include a
review of the Company’s recent financial results and ongoing business strategies
and followed by a question and answer session, will be webcast over the
Internet. In order to access the
presentation, click onto the Investor Relations section of the Foot Locker,
Inc. corporate website at www.footlocker-inc.com. A replay of the webcast will be made
available until 8:00pm EDT, Friday, April 18, 2003.
Foot Locker, Inc. is a specialty athletic retailer
that operates approximately 3,600 athletic retail stores in 14 countries in
North America, Europe and Australia.
Through its Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Champs
Sports retail stores, as well as its direct-to-customer channel
Footlocker.com/Eastbay, the Company is the leading provider of athletic
footwear and apparel.
This presentation contains forward-looking statements,
which reflect management’s current views of future events and financial
performance. These forward-looking
statements are based on many assumptions and factors detailed in the
Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the effects of currency fluctuations, customer demand, fashion trends,
competitive market forces, uncertainties related to the effect of
competitive products and pricing, customer acceptance of the Company’s
merchandise mix and retail locations, the ability of the Company to execute
its business plans effectively with regard to each of its business
segments, the Company’s reliance on a few key vendors for a majority of its
merchandise purchases (including a significant portion from one vendor),
unseasonable weather, risks associated with foreign global sourcing,
including political instability and changes in import regulations, economic
conditions worldwide, any changes in business, political and economic
conditions due to the threat of future terrorist activities in the United
States or in other parts of the world, U.S. military action overseas, and
the effect on the Company, its suppliers, and its customers, of any
significant future increases in the cost of oil or petroleum products. Any changes in such assumptions or
factors could produce significantly different results. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements