Caleres, formerly Brown Shoe, reported that second-quarter earnings, excluding a charge for debt extinguishment, rose 22.4 percent, to $22.1 million, or 50 cents per share, versus second quarter 2014 net earnings of $18.1 million, or 41 cents per diluted
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