<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-17-023960.txt : 20170720
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-17-023960.hdr.sgml : 20170720
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170720190228
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-17-023960
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170710
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170720
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170720

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Robinson Malcolm
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001534641

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02191
		FILM NUMBER:		17975289

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MAIDENFORM, INC.
		STREET 2:		485 F U.S. HIGHWAY 1 SOUTH
		CITY:			ISELIN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08830

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CALERES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000014707
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOTWEAR, (NO RUBBER) [3140]
		IRS NUMBER:				430197190
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0203

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8300 MARYLAND AVE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 29
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3148544000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 29
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63166

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN SHOE CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030613

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN SHOE CO INC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990528

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2017-07-10</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000014707</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CALERES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CAL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001534641</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Robinson Malcolm</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>8300 MARYLAND AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. LOUIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>63105</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Div. President, Men's &amp; Intl.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>No Securities Beneficially Owned</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas C. Burke, Attny in Fact for Malcolm W. Robinson III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-07-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POA
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY



       Know  all by these  presents  that  the undersigned hereby
constitutes and  appoints each  of Timothy
Sutter,  Becky Helvey, Thomas  C. Burke, Todd  Hasty, and  Theresa
Daniel, signing  alone, the undersigned's
true and  lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or director of Caleres, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 and the rules
thereunder;

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)  take any other action of any  type whatsoever in connection
with  the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or
legally  required by, the undersigned, including applying for
Central Index Key and
related SEC codes, and it being  understood that the documents
executed  by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power  of Attorney shall
be in such  form and shall contain  such  terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact
may  approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such  attorney-in-fact
full power  and authority to do and
perform any and every  act and thing  whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and  powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
  and  purposes as the undersigned
might or could  do if personally present, with full power  of substitution
 or revocation, hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such  attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and  the rights
 and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney  shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer
required  to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect  to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked  by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       In WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this day of 7/19/2017.






Name
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
