NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: Peter D. Brown
Vice President, Investor
Relations and Treasurer
Foot Locker, Inc.
(212) 720-4254
NEW YORK, NY, September 22, 2003 – Foot Locker,
Inc., (NYSE: FL), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced
today that senior management, will make a presentation at the Wells Fargo
Securities’ Consumer Conference at approximately 2:30pm ET on Thursday,
September 25, 2003. The presentation,
which will include a review of the Company’s recent financial results, current
trends 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 5:00pm ET, Wednesday, October 1, 2003.
Foot Locker, Inc. is a specialty athletic retailer
that operates approximately 3,600 athletic retail stores in 16 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 press release 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 Company’s reliance on a
few key vendors for a majority of its merchandise purchases (including a
significant portion from one key vendor), unseasonable weather, risks
associated with foreign global sourcing, including political instability,
changes in import regulations and the presence of severe acute respiratory
syndrome, 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 and related U.S. military
action overseas, and the ability of the Company to execute its business
plans effectively with regard to each of its business units, including its
plans for the marquee and launch footwear component of its business. 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