Who owns LifeStride?
LifeStride is owned by Caleres (the United States, NYSE: CAL).[1]
Evidence: Caleres, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-02, SEC EDGAR, 2 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Caleres, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Louis
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1940
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CAL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About LifeStride
LifeStride is a women's footwear brand owned by Caleres. The company's 10-K says LifeStride has been designing shoes for women who take life in stride since 1940. It sits in the Brand Portfolio segment alongside Naturalizer and Franco Sarto, and its shoes are sold through wholesale partners and the company's own e-commerce and Famous Footwear channels.
What Caleres's annual report says about LifeStride
Sentences about LifeStride from Caleres's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
LifeStride : LifeStride has been designing shoes for women who take life in stride since 1940.
Delivering all-day comfort and modern design, LifeStride shoes are performance tested to last more than 1 million steps.
Ownership timeline of LifeStride
Where LifeStride sits in Caleres
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Caleres
Caleres controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
- Allen Edmonds (1922)
- Blowfish Malibu (2005)
- Franco Sarto (1990)
- Naturalizer (1927)
- Sam Edelman (2004)
- Stuart Weitzman (1986)
Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
Caleres has more brands in footwear on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 78.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cartago | Grendene | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Ekisha | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| Alexandre Birman | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Bahamas | Relaxo | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blondo | Steve Madden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bocage | Groupe Eram | 🇫🇷 France |
| CCC | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| BOGS | Weyco Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Caleres
Caleres is a publicly listed company headquartered in St. Louis, United States. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CAL.
Caleres is a St. Louis footwear company with two reporting segments: Famous Footwear, a family footwear retailer, and Brand Portfolio, which designs and sells owned and licensed shoe brands. Its 10-K for the year ended 31 January 2026 lists Sam Edelman, Vionic, Naturalizer, Allen Edmonds, Stuart Weitzman, LifeStride, Franco Sarto and Blowfish Malibu as owned, and Dr. Scholl's, Vince and Veronica Beard footwear as licensed from their owners (not listed here).
🇺🇸 LifeStride and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; LifeStride is not one of them.
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- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Altra — VF Corporation 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of LifeStride?
The parent company of LifeStride is Caleres, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is LifeStride American?
Yes. LifeStride originated in the United States in 1940 and its owner, Caleres, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is LifeStride still owned by Caleres?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, LifeStride is still owned by Caleres. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Caleres, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-04-02 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 2 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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