WEYCO GROUP INC (WEYS) Business

ITEM 1     BUSINESS

The Company is a Wisconsin corporation incorporated in the year 1906 as Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Company.  Effective April 25, 1990, the name of the corporation was changed to Weyco Group, Inc.

Weyco Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we,” “our,” “us,” and the “Company”) designs, markets, and distributes quality and innovative footwear principally for men, but also for women and children, under a portfolio of well-recognized brand names including: Florsheim, Nunn Bush, Stacy Adams, and BOGS. Trademarks we maintain on our brands are important to our business. Our products consist primarily of mid-priced leather dress shoes, casual footwear composed of man-made materials and leather, and outdoor boots, shoes, and sandals. Our footwear is available in a broad range of sizes and widths, primarily designed to meet the needs and desires of the general American population.

We purchase finished shoes from outside suppliers, primarily located in China and India, and to a lesser extent, in Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic.  Almost all of these foreign-sourced purchases are denominated in U.S. dollars. While we source from more than 80 suppliers, our two largest suppliers, located in China, each accounted for more than 10% of our total inventory purchases in 2025. Costs from our suppliers have historically been relatively stable, although in recent years there have been upward cost pressures due to higher freight, labor, and material costs. In addition, tariffs and other trade protection measures, including the incremental tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in 2025, specifically on goods sourced from China, have increased our cost of goods across all brands.

Our business is separated into two reportable segments – the North American wholesale segment (“Wholesale”) and the North American retail segment (“Retail”). We also have other wholesale and retail businesses overseas in Australia and South Africa (collectively, “Florsheim Australia”). Florsheim Australia previously included operations in the Asia-Pacific region, but we completed the wind down of that business in 2024.

Sales in our Wholesale segment, which include both wholesale sales and worldwide licensing revenues, constituted 78% and 79% of total net sales in 2025 and 2024, respectively.  At Wholesale, our shoes are marketed by retailers throughout the United States and Canada in more than 10,000 shoe, clothing and department stores. In 2025 and 2024, no individual customer accounted for or exceeded 10% of our total net sales. We employ traveling salespeople and independent sales representatives who sell our products to retail outlets. Shoes are shipped to these retailers primarily from our distribution center in Glendale, Wisconsin. In the men’s footwear business, there is generally no identifiable seasonality, although new styles are historically developed and shown twice each year, in spring and fall. With the BOGS brand, its strong presence in the winter and outdoor boot category results in some seasonality; the majority of BOGS sales occur in the third and fourth quarters. Consistent with industry practices, we carry significant amounts of inventory to meet customer delivery requirements and periodically provide extended payment terms to customers.  We also have licensing agreements with third parties who sell our branded apparel, accessories, and specialty footwear in the United States, as well as our footwear in Mexico and certain markets overseas.

Sales in our Retail segment constituted 13% of total net sales in both 2025 and 2024.  The Retail segment consists of e-commerce businesses and four brick and mortar stores in the United States.  Retail sales are made directly to consumers on our websites, or by our employees in our stores.  We believe that the results of our Retail segment will continue to be driven by our e-commerce businesses, as we have a limited number of brick-and-mortar stores. We intend to continue to focus on investing in and growing our e-commerce businesses.

Sales of our other businesses constituted 9% and 8% of total net sales in 2025 and 2024, respectively. These sales came from our retail and wholesale operations at Florsheim Australia.

As of December 31, 2025, we employed 569 persons worldwide, of whom 408 were full-time employees.

Brand recognition, price, quality, and service, are all important competitive factors in the shoe industry.  We have a design department that continually reviews and updates product designs.  Compliance with environmental and other government regulations historically has not had, and is not expected to have, a material impact on our results of operations, although there can be no assurances as to the future.

We make available, free of charge, copies of our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements on Schedule 14A and all amendments to those reports upon written or telephone request.  Investors can also access these reports through our website, www.weycogroup.com, as soon as reasonably practical after we file or furnish those reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference and are not a part of

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this filing.  Also available on our website are various documents relating to our corporate governance, including our Code of Business Ethics.

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