Rack Room Shoes
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| Division of Deichmann Group | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | Salisbury, North Carolina, 1920 |
| Founder | Phil Levinson |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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450+ |
| Products | Footwear |
| Divisions | Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse |
Rack Room Shoes is an American footwear retailer based in North Carolina.
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Rack Room Shoes store in Valdosta, Georgia
The company was founded in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1920 by Phil Levinson, who sold it to his son-in-law, Mort Lerner. It was bought in 1984 by the privately held Deichmann Group of Germany.[1][2] Till that time Rack Room Shoes ran 22 stores.
Rack Room now operates over 450 stores in 34 states under the names Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse,[3] a formerly Atlanta, Georgia-based chain which it bought in the 1980s.
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