EX-23 17 exhibit_23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors of
Foot Locker, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of Foot Locker, Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated March 30, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Foot Locker, Inc. as of January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008, and the related statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2009, which reports appears in the January 31, 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Foot Locker, Inc. and subsidiaries.

     Form S-8 No. 33-10783 
 
Form S-8 No. 33-91888 
 
Form S-8 No. 33-91886 
 
Form S-8 No. 33-97832 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-07215 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-21131 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-62425 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-33120 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-41056 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-41058 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-74688 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-99829 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-111222 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-121515 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-144044 
 
Form S-8 No. 333-149803 
 
Form S-3 No. 33-43334 
 
Form S-3 No. 33-86300 
 
Form S-3 No. 333-64930 

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.”

Our report dated March 30, 2009 on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2009 expresses our opinion that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states a material weakness related to income taxes has been identified and included in management’s assessment.


New York, New York
March 30, 2009

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