8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 30, 2008

(April 30, 2008)

BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
1-2191 (Commission File Number)	43-0197190 (IRS Employer Identification Number)
8300 Maryland Avenue St. Louis, Missouri (Address of principal executive offices)	63105 (Zip Code)
(314) 854-4000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

o                 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o                 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01                       Regulation FD Disclosure.

Members of the executive management team of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. will present a business overview and update to analysts and investors periodically over the next few weeks. The slide presentation for use in conjunction with these presentations is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is also available on the Company’s website via the following link: www.brownshoe.com/investor, although the Company reserves the right to discontinue its availability at any time.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibit
Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibits
99.1	Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Investor Update – April 2008

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date:  April 30, 2008	/s/ Michael I. Oberlander
	Michael I. Oberlander
	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and      Corporate Secretary

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Investor Update – April 2008

EX-99.1

Investor Update

BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC.

April 2008

This investor update contains certain forward-looking statements and expectations regarding the Company's future performance and the future performance of its brands. Such statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These include (i) the preliminary nature of estimates of the costs and benefits of the Earnings Enhancement Plan, which are subject to change as the Company makes decisions and refines these estimates over time; (ii) potential disruption to the Company's business and operations as a result of the Company's decision to relocate positions from its Madison, Wisconsin office to its St. Louis, MO headquarters; (iii) intense competition within the footwear industry; (iv) rapidly changing consumer demands and fashion trends and purchasing patterns, which may be influenced by consumers' disposable income, which in turn can be influenced by general economic conditions; (v) customer concentration and increased consolidation in the retail industry; (vi) the Company’s ability to successfully implement its Earnings Enhancement Plan, including the relocation of functions to St. Louis, MO and the Company's ability to attract and retain talent; (vii) political and economic conditions or other threats to continued and uninterrupted flow of inventory from China and Brazil, where the Company relies heavily on third-party manufacturing facilities for a significant amount of its inventory; (viii) the Company's ability to attract and retain licensors and protect its intellectual property; (ix) the Company's ability to secure leases on favorable terms; (x) the Company's ability to maintain relationships with current suppliers; (xi) the uncertainties of pending litigation; and (xii) the Company’s ability to successfully execute its international growth strategy. The Company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission contain detailed information relating to such factors, including, without limitation, the information under the caption “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended February 2, 2008, which information is incorporated by reference herein. The Company does not undertake any obligation or plan to update these forward-looking statements, even though its situation may change.

 -    April 29, 2008

NOTE:

Full-Year and First Quarter 2008 guidance was issued on March 5, 2008 and has not been updated. Estimates related to the Company’s relocation of its Madison office were issued on April 10, 2008 and have not been updated.

BROWN SHOE FITS THE WORLD…

with lifestyle footwear that expresses the individual consumer’s fashion sensibility. Whether at play, at work or on the town, people trust Brown Shoe’s signature brands to walk them through the stories of their lives.

Brown Shoe is proud to offer a compelling family of footwear brands that reveal an intrinsic understanding of its consumers at every stage of their lives. Each shoe is an intuitive yet calculated response to the needs, desires and distinctive personalities of men, women and children passionate about substance and style.

Every day, people around the globe put on shoes before stepping out into the world. Every day, Brown Shoe works diligently to design and deliver brands that strengthen its highly personal connection to consumers. Brown Shoe delivers an expertly crafted business model – across retail, e-commerce and wholesale – built on a global platform of integrated business systems and diverse distribution channels.

Future-focused and innovative,

Brown Shoe listens carefully and thoughtfully, evolving brands that give our customers the confidence to be themselves...

every person,

  every day,

   every moment.

Brown Shoe - $2.4 Billion in Sales for 2007

Total BWS

Direct-to-Consumer

$110 million

(Includes FamousFootwear.com, Naturalizer.com, Naturalizer Catalog, Shoes.com)

67% Retail

Famous Footwear

Appx. 1,100 retail stores in the U.S.

$1.3 billion

Specialty Retail

Appx. 300 stores in the U.S.

$263 million

33% Wholesale

Spec. Stores 18%

Dept. Stores 22%

Mass 37%

Mid-Tier 23%

Brown Shoe Platform

A greatly connected footwear company with an integrated, synergistic wholesale-retail platform

Appx. 1,400 total retail doors – appx. 1,100

Famous Footwear, appx. 300 Naturalizer, Brown Shoe Closet, FX LaSalle, and branded concepts.  130 million consumer visits per year

•2,000 retail customers served across our branded and private label/brand divisions

•Integrated ecommerce platform for all BWS brands – including 3rd largest pureplay internet footwear retailer in Shoes.com.

30+ million e-visitors per year

World class global sourcing network.  Sourced 76 million pairs at wholesale and sold 40 million at retail

•All BWS brands play across BWS retail/ecommerce concepts

•13% to 15% of Famous Footwear sales from BWS brands

•Front-end / Back-end perspective from retail and wholesale provides greater insights to consumer desires and understanding of trends

•Cross-skilled talent base

Brown Shoe Platform

Power of the Integrated Wholesale/Retail Model – Driving Growth, Profitability, and Value Creation

Control theCustomer Experience

•   Fragmentation of the consumer has significantly expanded the matrix of style preferences and retail options

•   Integrated model allows a wide variety of brands in the “right” channel

Maximize the Value of Footwear Expertise

•   Consumer contact and feedback at retail and ecommerce stimulates and accelerates the design process

•   Improves ability to stay “on-trend” across segments

Own the Entire Margin

•   Capturing greater product margin on owned brands through owned retail

•   Careful balance to minimize channel conflict

Leverage Infrastructure

•   Optimizes supply chain and distribution

•   Leverages shared resources and costs

•   Increases scale

Diversify the Business Model

•   Removes volatility through portfolio of retail and wholesale brands

•   Maximizes returns on capital

Brown Shoe Portfolio

Source:  NPD. 12 months ending February 1, 2008.  This NPD data is confidential and proprietary and cannot be reproduced or disseminated by third parties without prior written consent.

Fashion

Domestic Sales = $32.7B*

Athletic

Domestic Sales = $10.8B*

Salon

Bridge

Impulse

Better

Moderate

Junior

Comfort

Mass

Brown Shoe Vision

Brown Shoe is the leading fashion footwear marketer, winning loyal customers with compelling global brands.

Doubling our rate of profitability while doubling our sales over the next five years.

Growth and Profit Drivers

1•   Build powerful consumer brands

•   Grow brand equity of flagship brands

•   Test, incubate, and grow new brands

•   Search for strategic opportunities that fit our growth criteria

2•   Drive brands through owned retail

•   Leverage vertical & multi-channel businesses

•   Maximize owned-distribution and owned-branded assets

3•   Expand our brands to global markets

•   Extend existing brands to international markets

•   Build and acquire brands with international demand

4•   Penetrate growth markets

•   Target new and fast-growing markets and channels of distribution

5•   Drive operational excellence and maximize synergies

•   Earnings Enhancement Plan, Real Estate Strategy, Consumer-Driven Model, Inventory Management

•   Implementing enterprise-wide information systems to support and leverage our operations

Investing over $1 billion in Talent, Stores, Systems, and Marketing over the next five years

Famous Footwear

“Shoe Love Is True Love”

●   Growth opportunity to a minimum of 1,500 doors. As new stores mature, operating performance will improve across the store base

●   Real estate strategy to maximize markets

●   Leading inventory management disciplines

●   Leveraging multi-channel platform

●   Using technology to redefine service

●   Vertical synergy ¢ 13% - 15% of sales from Brown Shoe brands. Retail growth feeds Wholesale growth

●   Approximately 54% of sales are driven by our rewards program

Naturalizer

“Beautiful Feels So Good”

●   Extended brand essence to new categories and consumer touchpoints

●   Tightly-targeted consumer communications

●   Sell-through model; fresh trend-right product

●   Improved product delivered when she wants

to buy

●   All-in brand (retail and wholesale combined) contributes double-digit operating margins

●   Global expansion – next 5 years, through combination of joint venture and licenses, 400 Naturalizer stores will be opened in China and the Far East, as well as an additional 32 new stores in Japan. Potential for a total 700 – 750 Naturalizer stores outside of US in next 5 years

●   Launched Natural Soul in Kohl’s in 2007

Direct To Consumer

●   Growth by winning in new and emerging markets

●   $350 to $450 million opportunity in next 5 years

●   Integrated platform. Consolidated Shoes.com into St. Louis in 2007

●   Re-launched Shoes.com in Spring 2008

●   Branded web sites and multi-channel opportunities

Brown New York

Provides fashion halo to portfolio

•Strong emotional connection with consumer

•Fashion, Style Credibility, Talent

•Brand extension and lifestyle potential

•Expect double-digit sales increase in 2008

Dr. Scholl’s®

•   Innovation and technology

●   High brand recognition and strong equity

●   Partnerships with Wal-Mart and Schering-Plough

●   Extending asset into new categories and channels

●   Original Dr. Scholl’s

●   Feel Crazy Green – sustainability product

●   Dr. Scholl’s Studio – Mid-Tier brand extension

●   Growth through Brown Shoe vertical model at Famous Footwear

Positioning For Growth

Survival

•   Reorganization of Executive Team

•   Focus on core activities

•   Secured financing and stabilized liquidity

Rebuild

•   IMPACT

•   Key management changes

•   1st Naturalizer re-sizing and reorganization

Improving Core Competencies

•   Strategy development

•   Good to Great disciplines

•   Portfolio Management

Increasing Prospects for Profitability

•   Focus on best brands and market opportunities

•   Consumer-Driven Wholesale Model

•   Integrated, efficient business model

•   Naturalizer turnaround

•   Bennett acquisition

Sustainable Growth

•   Growing portfolio

•   Organic

•   Consolidation

•   Earnings Enhancement Plan

•   Brown NY integration

•   Madison relocation

•   Accelerating Famous growth

•   International Opportunities – China, Japan

•   Edelman investment

Appendix

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In the following pages, the Company’s financial results and measures are provided both in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and using certain non-GAAP financial measures.  In particular, the Company provides historic and estimated future net earnings per diluted share excluding certain charges and recoveries, as well as Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), which are non-GAAP financial measures.  In addition, the Company provides financial data for certain of its Famous Footwear stores, including sales per square foot, total sales, operating earnings, EBITDA, cash investments, and return on investment, which are non-GAAP financial measures. These results and measures are included as a complement to results provided in accordance with GAAP because management believes these non-GAAP financial measures help indicate underlying trends in the Company’s business and provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain items that are not indicative of the Company’s core operating results.  These results and measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results.

Recent Events

On April 10 2008, announced the relocation of Madison office to St. Louis

This move will create one greatly connected footwear company

•Will aid in achieving our vision of being a leading footwear marketer and doubling our rate of

profitability while doubling sales, as it will foster collaboration, increase speed-to-market and strengthen our connection with consumers

The transition will begin during the second quarter and be substantially complete by the end of the third quarter of 2008

•All of the 270 Madison-based employees have been offered jobs and relocation assistance or severance and outplacement assistance

We expect to incur pre-tax expenses of $25 to $30 million ($0.37 to $0.44 per diluted share) to implement the transition.

Cost breakdown is expected to be as follows:

Expense CategoryEstimate of

Pre-Tax Expenses

People-related costs, including relocation, retention incentives and severance                  $15 - $16 million

Fixed asset write-offs (non-cash)                           $4 - $5 million

Lease termination costs                $4 - $6 million

Other                          $2 - $3 million

Total                           $25 - $30 million

Under various state economic development programs, we will collaborate with public partners to avail ourselves of eligible incentives

totaling more than $43 million related to training and job creation and redevelopment of our Clayton site

•Our growth plan anticipates relocating or creating 500 - 700 new jobs over the next several years

•Intend to redevelop our 12-acre property over next few years to build a new international headquarters and multi-use retail and

residential facilities.  Working with our development partners, we anticipate a potential monetization of existing assets and an operating leaseback of the new facility or a portion of the existing property.

First Quarter 2008 & Full Year Guidance

Guidance was issued on March 5, 2008 and has not been updated  

The below figures do not reflect the impact of costs related to the Madison relocation

Consolidated Sales: 2008 estimated2007 actual

First Quarter$575 - $585 million$566 million

Full Year$2.50 - $2.55 billion$2.36 billion

EPS:

First Quarter$0.07  to  $0.11$0.22

Full Year$1.52  to  $1.62$1.37

Other Annual Estimates:

Consolidated Tax Rate:30% to 31%

Famous Footwear

Same-Store Sales:Flat to -2% for the year; -3% to - -5% for Q1

Store Openings:100 to 110 openings and approximately 40 closings

Wholesale:Wholesale sales are expected to increase mid-single digits for the year and increase low-single digits in Q1 as we expect retailers to remaincautious on reorders and shipping windows

Capital Expenditures:$75 to $85 million, reflecting new and remodeled stores, logistics networkand other infrastructure, and non-ERP information systems upgrades

Other:Increase in marketing investments of $16 million during the year andtargeted annual incentive compensation costs of $21 million

Sales and EPS – 2003 to Estimated 2008

Guidance was issued on March 5, 2008 and has not been updated

Adjusted EPS

GAAP EPS

Guidance range

Sales in Billions

$2.5

$2.0

$2.5

$2.0

$0.5

$0.0

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008 Est.

$2.55 - $2.50 Billion*

Earnings Per Share

$1.50

$1.00

$0.50

$0.00

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008 Est.

$1.62 - $1.52*

Charges and recoveries included in net earnings and EPS for 2006 &  2007 are listed in Reconciliation of GAAP Net Earnings to Adjusted Net Earnings on pg. 25.

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data.

Review of BWS Financials

(all $’s in millions except EPS)

		52 Weeks Ended Feb. 2, 2008	53 Weeks Ended Feb. 3, 2007	% Chg.
Sales		$2,359.9	$2,470.9	-4.5%
Net Earnings
	GAAP	$60.4	$65.7	-8.0%
	Adjusted	$72.8	$71.0	2.5%
EPS
	GAAP	$1.37	$1.51	-9.3%
	Adjusted	$1.65	$1.63	1.2%
Gross Margin		40.0%	39.3%
Debt/Cap*		22.8%	22.4%
EBITDA**		$146.5	$157.4	-6.9%

* See page 23 for Debt/Cap reconciliation table

**See page 24 for EBITDA reconciliation table

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data

Earnings Enhancement Plan:

Savings of $26 million to date

Key Accomplishments in 2007:

Reorganization of Brown Shoe Retail and associated consolidation of key functions:

• Blended all retail field operations and store support functions, across

all retail formats

• Created enterprise-wide D2C organization, including relocation of Shoes.com organization to St. Louis

Continued reorganization of key Wholesale operations:

• Completed Brown New York reorganization and redevelopment of core merchandising functions

Consolidation of total corporate real estate and organizational locations:

• Needham office, Dover Distribution Center, LA office (in Shoes.com relocation), Satellite sourcing offices (Italian offices, Taiwan office, Brazil house)

Executed other key operating efficiency initiatives:

• Reorganized corporate and divisional finance functions

• Increased leverage of non-trade spend (e.g. indirect procurement)

• Achieved budgeted inventory turns due to retail inventory optimization initiative

Remaining key areas of focus:

§   Distribution Network - made decision to open west coast Retail DC, enabling improved operating efficiencies across our retail supply chain

§   Headquarters consolidation - decision to join Madison and St. Louis offices announced in April 2008

§   Enterprise-wide information systems to support and leverage our sourcing, wholesale, retail, and corporate operations

Capital Expenditure Schedule

(all $’s in millions)

	2008 Est.			2007
New Stores	$  22.0	to	$  24.0	$  22.8
Remodel	19.0	to	23.0	13.8
Logistics	22.0	to	22.0	0.1
Infrastructure (Incl. IT hardware)			16.0	4.8

Debt to Capital Ratio

($’s in millions, except for Dept to Capital Ratio)

Debt to Capital Ratio	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Total Debt Obligations*	$          165	$     151	$     200	$     142	$     120	$     152
Total Shareholders' Equity	559	524	434	391	350	292
Total Capital	$          724	$     675	$     634	$     533	$     470	$     444
Debt to Capital Ratio**	22.8%	22.4%	31.5%	26.6%	25.4%	34.3%

*Total Debt Obligations include long term debt, borrowings under revolving credit agreement and capital lease obligations.

**Total Debt Obligations divided by Total Capital

EBITDA Reconciliation

(all $’s in millions)

	2007	2006
Operating Profit	$    95.7	$   108.1
Depreciation &
Amortization	50.8	49.3
EBITDA	$   146.5	$   157.4

* Depreciation and amortization excludes amortization of debt issuance costs in the amount of $1.5 million in both 2007 and 2006

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Earnings to

Adjusted Net Earnings (2007 vs. 2006)

	2007		2006
($'s in thousands)	Net Earnings	EPS	Net Earnings	EPS
GAAP Net Earnings	$60,427	$1.37	$65,708	$1.51
Charges/Other Items:
Earnings Enhancement Plan	12,351	0.28	3,927	0.09
Bass Exit Costs	-	-	2,337	0.05
Insurance Recoveries, Net	-	-	(1,007)	(0.02)
Adjusted Net Earnings	$72,778	$1.65	$70,965	$1.63

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data

Review of Segment Financials

		Fiscal 2007	Fiscal 2006
		52 Weeks Ended Feb. 2, 2008	53 Weeks Ended Feb. 3, 2007	% Chg.
($'s in millions)
Famous Footwear
	Sales	$1,313.2	$1,282.2	2.4%
	Operating Profit	$84.1	$89.8	-6.3%
	Same-Store Sales	-0.6%	3.4%
Specialty Retail
	Sales	$263.2	$257.9	2.0%
	Operating Profit*	-$8.2	-$3.8	-115.8%
	Same-Store Sales	-0.9%	2.1%
Wholesale
	Sales	$783.5	$930.8	-15.8%
	Operating Profit**	$67.5	$71.0	-4.8%

*Includes Earnings Enhancement Plan costs of $3.8 million in 2007 compared with $1.1 million in 2006

**Includes $4.2 million in costs associated with the Earnings Enhancement Plan in 2007 compared with $3.6 million in 2006 and an additional $3.8 million in 2006 of Bass exit costs

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data

Wholesale Portfolio - 2007

Private Label/Private Brand

Famous Footwear: Sales by Category 2007

Athletic Product = 43%

Fashion Product = 57%

Accessories

5%

Athletic

15%

Women's

 30%

Men's

Athletic 20%

Kid's

6%

Athletic 8%

Famous Footwear: Rewards Program

Through increased focus on customer relationship management, the Famous Footwear Rewards Program has shown continued improvement and currently contributes more than 50% of Famous Footwear sales.  The Rewards customer spends more per transaction, buys more units per transaction, and buys more often.  The retention rate is approximately 50%.

Famous Footwear Rewards - Active Members

(defined as purchased in past 12 months)

Active Members

% Member Sales

Active Members (millions)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Members Sales (% of Famous Footwear Sales)

1.9

3.4

3.8

4.4

5.4

6.5

17%

30%

34%

39%

45%

54%

Famous Footwear: Store Maturity

2007 Sales per Square Foot

Sales Per Square Foot

$-

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

1 Year

2 Years

3 Years

4 Years

5 Years

6 Years

7 Years

8 Years

9 Years

10 Years

Other

Number of Years Open

$139

$152

$185

$171

$170

$182

$187

$210

$211

$242

$195

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data

Famous Footwear: New Store Sales Performance

Represents average sales per square foot results for all stores opened during the 2001-2006 period

Sales Per Square Foot

 $135

$140

$145

$150

$155

$160

$165

$170

$175

$180

$185

1st Year Avg.

2ned Year Avg.

3rd Year Avg.

4th Year Avg.

5th Year Avg.

$150

$161

$171

$174

$178

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data\

Famous Footwear: Unit-level Store Economics

(all $’s in thousands)

2007 Operating Performance

(Average store for all stores more than 2 yrs old)

Sales $1.317

$ per Square Ft. $188

    % of Sales

Operating Earnings 98 7.4%

EBITDA $118 8.9%

Cash Investment

(Average for stores opened during last 3 years)

Fixed Assets $176

Tenant Allowances (98)

Inventory  218

Accounts Payable (60)

Net Cash Investment $236

Return on Investment

EBITDA $118

Cash Investment  $236

Return on Investment 50%

NOTE: Please see page 16 for language regarding non-GAAP financial data

naturalizer - - Global Expansion

Current and future international store base

Current Domestic Markets

Current International Markets

2008-2012 International Markets

   2007   2012 Est.

US   133

Canada   120

*Central & S. Americ a 25

*Pacific Rim  38

**China  26

Total  342  700-750

*All Central and South American and Pacific rim store are franchised

**21 of the 26 China stores are franchised byt he B&H Footwear joint venture

to an affiliate of Hongguo International as part of JV agreement