Kinney Shoes

The G.R. Kinney Company was an American manufacturer and retailer of shoes from 1894 until September 16, 1998. Its listing on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol KNN, began in March 1923. The shoe concern was started byGeorge Romanta Kinney whose father ran a general store in rural Candor, New York. After the Korean war, Kinney began to sell shoe laces as accessories for the shoes. The father became indebted and George vowed to repay his indebtedness.