In 1963, Woolworth purchased the Kinney Shoes and operated it as a subsidiary.

An enclosed food court had been installed and stores such as Waldenbooks, Kinney Shoes and Lane Bryant had joined the retail roster.

The second shift was from within the company as it diversified its divisions, beginning with the acquisition of Kinney Shoes.

Venator announced the shuttering of the remaining Kinney Shoe and Footquarters stores on September 16, 1998.

In 1982, the corporation decided to expand rapidly into speciality retailing by acquiring and creating single-product stores like Kinney Shoes.

According to Johnson, Shakey's Pizza engaged in little market research and made most of its decisions on where to locate stores by going where Kinney Shoes opened stores.

This followed the fate of other companies such as Kinney Shoes and Thom McAn.

Winters continued working, appearing in commercials for Kinney Shoes, Gulf Oil, Lincoln-Mercury, Quaker Oats and others.

A job in a Sunny Jim peanut butter spot was followed by ads for Pop-Tarts, Kinney Shoes and Cocoa Puffs.

LEAD: Kinney Shoes to Lockhart & Pettus, for advertising to the black consumer market.