Famous Footwear is a retail chain of shoe stores in the United States. Founded in 1960 by Neil Moldenhauer, Famous Footwear began as Neil\\\'s Factory Shoe Outlet. The store\\\'s name was changed to Famous Footwear in 1964. Currently, Famous Footwear has more than 990 branded footwear stores throughout the United States. Each store has approximately 7,000 square feet. Customers can shop online for items for men, women and children. Items at Famous Footwear include boat shoes, boots, socks, face masks, loafers, clogs, mules, dress shoes, slippers, sneakers and more. Annual revenues for Famous Footwear exceed $1.6 billion. Famous Footwear is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.