Who owns Stuart Weitzman?
Stuart Weitzman is owned by Caleres (the United States, NYSE: CAL), which has owned the brand since 4 August 2025.[1][2] Before Caleres, Stuart Weitzman was owned by Tapestry from 2015 to 2025.[3]
Evidence: Caleres Completes Acquisition of Stuart Weitzman, Accelerating Brand Portfolio Growth, Caleres, Inc, 4 August 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Caleres, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Previous owner
- Tapestry (2015–2025)
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Louis
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1986
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CAL
- Last verified
- · 4 sources
About Stuart Weitzman
Stuart Weitzman makes women's footwear known for boots and for construction that prioritises fit, and the brand built visibility through elaborate shoes made for Academy Awards attendees. Coach acquired it in 2015 for $574 million. Those award show shoes, some set with diamonds, were made as publicity pieces rather than for sale.
What Caleres's annual report says about Stuart Weitzman
Sentences about Stuart Weitzman from Caleres's latest annual filing[4], copied word for word.
Since founder Stuart Weitzman launched his namesake brand in 1986, the brand has become a global luxury icon known for combining its signature artisanal Spanish craftsmanship and precise engineering to empower women to stand strong.
Stuart Weitzman products are manufactured in third party factories in Spain, Italy, and more, and are available at our 73 retail locations across the globe.
At the end of 2026, we operated 19 Stuart Weitzman stores in the United States and four Stuart Weitzman stores in Canada, each averaging 2,000 square feet, and 50 stores in Asia.
How often Caleres names Stuart Weitzman 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Stuart Weitzman
Where Stuart Weitzman 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)
- Sam Edelman (2004)
Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
Caleres has more brands in footwear on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 82.
| 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).
🇺🇸 Stuart Weitzman and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Stuart Weitzman is not one of them.
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- Altra — VF Corporation 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Stuart Weitzman?
The parent company of Stuart Weitzman is Caleres, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Stuart Weitzman American?
Yes. Stuart Weitzman originated in the United States in 1986 and its owner, Caleres, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Caleres owned Stuart Weitzman?
Caleres has owned Stuart Weitzman since 4 August 2025.
Who owned Stuart Weitzman before Caleres?
Before Caleres, Stuart Weitzman was owned by Tapestry from 2015 until 2025.
Is Stuart Weitzman still owned by Caleres?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Stuart Weitzman is still owned by Caleres. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (4) & 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 Completes Acquisition of Stuart Weitzman, Accelerating Brand Portfolio Growth — Caleres, Inc., Official press release, published 4 August 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] Caleres, Inc. Form 8-K (Item 2.01): completion of the acquisition of Stuart Weitzman — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 4 August 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [3] Tapestry, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 13 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [4] 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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