Nine West Group has put its footprints all over the shoe industry. A top designer and marketer of fashionable women's shoes, the group sells footwear (casual, career, and dress), apparel (dresses, suits, denim), and accessories, through more than 500 Nine West and Easy Spirit specialty and outlet stores in the US and Canada. It also distributes its footwear and accessories, including sunglasses, through department, specialty, and independent shoe stores, as well as online. Manufacturers in Brazil, China, and Italy make the company's shoes and boots. Nine West, named for its founding address at 9 West 57th Street in New York, is a subsidiary of The Jones Group (formerly Jones Apparel Group).