Steven Madden, Ltd. SHOO

What this company does

Steven Madden, Ltd. and its subsidiaries design, source, and market fashion-forward branded and private label footwear, accessories, and apparel. As of February 1, 2026, it employed approximately 6,300 employees globally, with approximately 2,100 of these employees located in the United States and approximately 4,200 located internationally. As of December 31, 2025, it operated 399 brick-and-mortar retail stores, including 251 Steve Madden full-price stores and 69 outlet stores, 31 Kurt Geiger London full-price stores and 17 outlet stores, 14 Carvela full-price stores and 12 outlet stores, four Dolce Vita full-price stores, and one ATM full-price store. Its Wholesale Footwear segment designs, sources, and markets its brands and sells its products, consisting of footwear, to department stores, mass merchants, off-price retailers, shoe chains, online retailers, national chains, specialty retailers, independent stores, and clubs throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Its Wholesale Accessories/Apparel segment designs, sources, and markets its brands and sells its products, primarily consisting of handbags and apparel, to department stores, mass merchants, off-price retailers, online retailers, specialty retailers, independent stores, and clubs throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Its Direct-to-Consumer segment engages in the sale of footwear, handbags, apparel, and other trend accessories through Steve Madden, Kurt Geiger, Carvela, Dolce Vita, and ATM full-price retail stores, Steve Madden, Kurt Geiger and Carvela outlet stores, directly-operated concessions in international markets, and directly-operated e-commerce platforms. Its Licensing segment engages in the licensing of the Steve Madden, Kurt Geiger, and Betsey Johnson trademarks for use in the sale of select apparel, accessories, and home categories as well as various other non-core products.

Written from the business description in STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 2 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.