Who owns Sam Edelman?
Sam Edelman 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
- 2004
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CAL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sam Edelman
Sam Edelman is a women's footwear brand in the Brand Portfolio segment of Caleres. The company's 10-K says the brand has been synonymous with aspirational luxury and on-trend style since 2004, and reports 56 Sam Edelman retail stores in the United States and 52 in East Asia at the end of fiscal 2025, alongside wholesale and e-commerce sales.
What Caleres's annual report says about Sam Edelman
Sentences about Sam Edelman from Caleres's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Portfolio of Brands The following is a listing of our owned brands and licensed products: Sam Edelman : The Sam Edelman brand has been synonymous with aspirational luxury and on-trend style since 2004.
Beyond its iconic footwear, Sam Edelman offers an ever-expanding range of product categories to fit the customer's lifestyle, including ready-to-wear, handbags, perfume, outerwear, denim, and hosiery.
The full range of Sam Edelman products is sold globally through Sam Edelman retail stores and online at samedelman.com, samedelman.ca and samedelman.co.uk, in addition to department 5 Table of Contents stores, national chains, independent retailers and through our joint venture and franchise partners in East and Southeast Asia, with suggested retail prices ranging from $100 to $300.
How often Caleres names Sam Edelman in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Sam Edelman
Where Sam Edelman 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)
- LifeStride (1940)
- Naturalizer (1927)
- 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).
🇺🇸 Sam Edelman 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; Sam Edelman is not one of them.
- 7 For All Mankind — Delta Galil 🇮🇱
- AKHG — Duluth Holdings 🇺🇸
- Adore Me — Victoria's Secret 🇺🇸
- Aerie — American Eagle Outfitters 🇺🇸
- All in Motion — Target 🇺🇸
- Altra — VF Corporation 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sam Edelman?
The parent company of Sam Edelman is Caleres, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Sam Edelman American?
Yes. Sam Edelman originated in the United States in 2004 and its owner, Caleres, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Sam Edelman still owned by Caleres?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Sam Edelman 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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