NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT: Peter D. Brown
Vice
President, Investor Relations
and
Treasurer
Foot
Locker, Inc.
(212)
720-4254
·
Second
Quarter Earnings Guidance Confirmed at 10-to-20 Percent Increase
·
Second
Quarter Comparable-Store Sales Expected to Increase Low Single Digits
NEW
YORK, NY, June 14, 2004 – Matthew D. Serra, Chairman and CEO of Foot Locker,
Inc. (NYSE: FL), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, today provided
attendees at the Credit Suisse First Boston Investors Conference in New York
City with an update on the Company’s key profitable growth strategies and
outlined its financial objectives. Mr.
Serra also stated that the Company was on track to meet its previously stated
guidance of a 10-to-20 percent earnings increase and a low-single digit
comparable-store sales gain for its second fiscal quarter of 2004.
Foot
Locker, Inc. is a specialty athletic retailer that operates approximately 3,900
stores in 17 countries in North America, Europe and Australia. Through its Foot Locker, Footaction, 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.
Disclosure Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
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, disruptions to transportation services and distribution, 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, 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, and its plans for the integration of the Footaction stores. 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.
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