Brown Shoe Acquires Sam & Libby – WWD

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The Jones Group Inc. has sold the Sam & Libby brand to Brown Shoe Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition by Brown Shoe has reunited the brand with its founders, Sam and Libby Edelman.

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