Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On March 4, 2009, Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing, among other things, its results of operations for the quarter and year ended January 31, 2009. A copy of the Press Release is being furnished as exhibit 99.1 hereto, and the statements contained therein are incorporated by reference herein.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information contained in Item 2.02 and the Exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.