After investing in a handful of startups over the past year, Foot Locker is launching a new incubator program to build relationships with emerging brands earlier on than it has in the past.

Levi Strauss is going public for the second time, as the environment for wholesale brands has changed dramatically since the last time it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 

Foot Locker isn't letting the death of the mall brand seal its fate.