Talk:Caleres

Edit Request
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edits for FleishmanHillard on behalf of Caleres. I’m a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Infobox
 * Diane Sullivan is no longer President/CEO/Chairman. Please update Key People to read Jay Schmidt, CEO.
 * Please update revenue figure to read $2.968 billion (2022).

Lead Current brands include Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Allen Edmonds, Naturalizer and Vionic.
 * The final sentence of the lead section contains 15 brands under Caleres’ portfolio. I propose reducing that number to five of Caleres’ primary brands for brevity and accuracy. Updated sentence would read as follows (sourcing included for verification, understanding that it may not be included in the sentence as it appears in the article, per MOS:LEAD):

Business Operations Caleres operates 900 Famous Footwear stores in the United States.
 * The first sentence is outdated. Please update this sentence to the following to reflect the accurate number of Famous Footwear stores in operation:
 * All Naturalizer stores have been closed. Please delete the second sentence for accuracy.
 * The fifth and sixth sentences contain outdated revenue figures. Instead of updating these, we propose removing both since the current revenue figures will be in the infobox if the edit we proposed above is accepted.

Executives Jay Schmidt was appointed CEO in January 2023, succeeding Diane Sullivan who previously served as Caleres’ president and CEO. Sullivan was appointed executive chairman effective January 2023. Mike Edwards serves as president of Famous Footwear.
 * Propose updating the first two sentences of this section to read:
 * Propose correcting the third sentence to read as follows:

Dan Friedman is division president of the company’s global supply chain and Jack Calandra serves as CFO.
 * Propose updating the fifth sentence to read as follows (updated portion in bold):

Shoe brands
 * Like the request made for a reduction of listed brands in the Lead section, I propose the same here. If approved, updated sentence would read as follows:

Current brands include Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Allen Edmonds, Naturalizer and Vionic.

Jon Gray (talk) 21:55, 9 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi thank you for following the COI procedures. I'm going to go through your list of suggested edits and will update this comment as I'm going. I will notify you when I'm done. Thanks,  microbiology Marcus (petri dish&bullet;growths) 18:06, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Edit requests list

 * microbiology Marcus (petri dish&bullet;growths) 18:06, 10 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Hi I've gone through the list of requests you've made. Thanks again for following Wikipedia's policy on COI and PE. Let me know if you think further changes are required and we can discuss. Thanks,  microbiology Marcus (petri dish&bullet;growths) 19:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @MicrobiologyMarcus Thank you! One thing to note re: your feedback on the list of Shoe brands in that section. I'm totally fine with keeping the list longer as you recommend, but I've learned since then that two of the brands are no longer part of Caleres' portfolio, rendering their inclusion inaccurate. Specifically, those brands are Via Spiga (https://footwearnews.com/business/retail/via-spiga-website-down-1203041930/) and Carlos (https://footwearnews.com/shoes/womens-footwear/carlos-santana-relaunches-womens-shoe-brand-1203361432/). You'll also see that neither brand is on the company's "Brands" page (https://www.caleres.com/brands). Given that, would you be willing to remove Via Spiga and Carlos from that list? Thanks again for your time and consideration! Jon Gray (talk) 17:35, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Caleres also formerly managed Via Spiga and Carlos by Carlos Santana. microbiology Marcus (petri dish&bullet;growths) 14:53, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @MicrobiologyMarcus Thank you! Jon Gray (talk) 17:23, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Photo Change Request
NOTE: I’m proposing the following edit and photo change request for FleishmanHillard on behalf of Caleres. I am a paid editor and aware of the COI guidelines. ---

Logo Update

The logo currently in Caleres’ infobox is outdated. An updated version of the company logo can be found at this link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caleres_(New_Logo).jpg Can the existing logo be updated to this new version, please?

I know editors with a COI may update article photos, and I’m happy to do so, but wanted to see if it’s preferred that I turn this over to another editor to handle. Please let me know how I should proceed. Thanks. Jon Gray (talk) 15:36, 20 November 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ I've updated the image. With regards to your question - as you know as WP:COI is concerned it says it is discouraged to edit the article directly. However, since you wouldn't be editing the text content of the article and just updating the logo I would personally say it would be okay in the future as long as it's all disclosed correctly :) Lewcm Talk to me! 23:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Lewcm Noted - Thank you! Jon Gray (talk) 15:36, 21 November 2023 (UTC)