Operating primarily in shopping malls and airports under the LIDS and HATWORLD retail brands and with the capability to custom embroider headwear via the lidscyo.com website, Hat World Corporation is the specialty retail leader of officially licensed and branded athletic fashion headwear in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

Most stores offer a vast assortment of college, MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams, as well as other specialty fashion categories all in the latest styles and colors. Several stores also offer a strong complementary line of licensed apparel, and "while you wait" custom embroidery capability.

Founded in 1995 and comprised of more than 650 mall-based, airport, street level and factory outlet stores nationwide, and in Puerto Rico and Canada primarily under the LIDS and HATWORLD retail brands, Indianapolis-based Hat World Corporation is the specialty retail leader of officially licensed and branded athletic fashion headwear.

Hat World also operates smaller retail brands HATZONE, HEADQUARTERS and CAPCONNECTION. Most stores offer a vast assortment of college, MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams, as well as other specialty fashion categories all in the latest styles and colors. Some stores also offer a strong complementary line of licensed apparel, and custom embroidery capability. Typically offering more than 1,000 different hats in each store, LIDS and HATWORLD stores serve the core fan and fashion-conscious and trend-savvy mid-teen to mid-20s customer. Hat World also sells its products and promotes its stores through the Internet sites lids.com™, hatworld.com™, and lidscyo.com™. In addition, licensed LIDS stores operate from premier street locations and kiosks within major department stores in Korea, Hong Kong and China.

Hat World is a subsidiary of Genesco Inc.

Visit www.lids.com and www.lidscyo.com