EXHIBIT 23

                                FOOT LOCKER, INC.

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Foot Locker, Inc.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
Numbers 33-10783, 33-91888, 33-91886, 33-97832, 333-07215, 333-21131, 333-62425,
333-33120, 333-41056, 333-41058, 333-74688 and 333-99829 on Form S-8 and Numbers
33-43334, 33-86300 and 333-64930 on Form S-3 of Foot Locker, Inc. and
subsidiaries of our report dated March 12, 2003 relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Foot Locker, Inc. and subsidiaries as of February 1, 2003 and
February 2, 2002 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
comprehensive income (loss), shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended February 1, 2003, which report appears in
the February 1, 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Foot Locker, Inc. and
subsidiaries. Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for
goodwill and other intangible assets in 2002, a change in the method of
accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities in 2001,
and a change in the method of accounting for sales under the Registrant's
layaway program in 2000.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
May 19, 2003