1.   Burlington said it is considering other candidates to serve as licensed operator of shoe departments in the affected stores after this year.

2.   At night, Newman managed the shoe department of a distribution center.

3.   At the same time, it said it will convert shoe departments in its stores to owned operations from currently leased operations.

4.   Baker continues to operate licensed shoe departments in discount department stores such as Ames and Bradlees and has no plans to sell those operations, Weinstein says.

5.   Based in Ohio, SCOA operates licensed shoe departments in specialty and department stores.

6.   Coming soon to the shoe department will be teen-friendly Skechers.

7.   Footstar comprises Meldisco, which operates leased shoe departments at Kmart Corp. and Thrifty Payless Holdings Inc. stores.

8.   In many cases, J. Baker operated shoe departments in regional discount chains that have been decimated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

9.   J. Baker operates shoe departments at many chains, including Bradlees.

10.   Nowhere has the fashion gulf between the sexes been more evident than in the shoe department.