FOOT LOCKER, INC. SPEAKS AT

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES CONFERENCE

· First Quarter Earnings Guidance Confirmed at 10-to-20 Percent Increase

· Profitable Growth Strategies Updated

· Financial Objectives Outlined

NEW YORK, NY, March 30, 2004 – Matthew D. Serra, Chairman and CEO, and Bruce Hartman, EVP and CFO, of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, today provided attendees at the Banc of America Securities 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 increase in earnings per share for its first fiscal quarter of 2004.

Foot Locker, Inc. is a specialty athletic retailer that operates approximately 3,600 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.

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, 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.

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