(Loss) Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 28, 2012

(Loss) Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

		Thirteen Weeks Ended						Twenty-six Weeks Ended
		July 28,			July 30,			July 28,			July 30,
($ thousands, except per share amounts)		2012			2011			2012			2011
NUMERATOR
Net loss from continuing operations	$	(2,714	)	$	(5,451	)	$	(1,086	)	$	(2,103	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		179			159			246			206
Net earnings allocated to participating securities		–			–			–			–
Net loss from continuing operations		(2,535	)		(5,292	)		(840	)		(1,897	)
Net earnings from discontinued operations		–			683			–			976
Net earnings allocated to participating securities		–			–			–			–
Net earnings from discontinued operations		–			683			–			976
Net loss attributable to Brown Shoe Company, Inc. after
allocation of earnings to participating securities	$	(2,535	)	$	(4,609	)	$	(840	)	$	(921	)
DENOMINATOR
Denominator for basic continuing and discontinued
(loss) earnings per common share attributable to Brown Shoe
Company, Inc. shareholders		40,687			41,852			40,555			42,164
Dilutive effect of share-based awards		–			–			–			–
Denominator for diluted continuing and discontinued (loss)
earnings per common share attributable to Brown Shoe
Company, Inc. shareholders		40,687			41,852			40,555			42,164
Basic (loss) earnings per common share:
From continuing operations	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.04	)
From discontinued operations		–			0.02			–			0.02
Basic loss per common share attributable to Brown Shoe
Company, Inc. shareholders	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.02	)
Diluted (loss) earnings per common share:
From continuing operations	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.04	)
From discontinued operations		–			0.02			–			0.02
Diluted loss per common share attributable to Brown
Shoe Company, Inc. shareholders	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.02	)