UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


     Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
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                                 FOOTSTAR, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    DELAWARE
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                 1-11681                                  22-3439443
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         (Commission File Number)             (IRS Employer Identification No.)

           1 CROSFIELD AVENUE
           WEST NYACK, NEW YORK                              10994
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)

                                 (845) 727-6500
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                       N/A
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 8.01.    OTHER EVENTS.

              As previously disclosed, on March 2, 2004, Footstar, Inc. (the
"Company") and substantially all of its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Debtors") filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of title 11, United States
Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York (the "Court") (Case No. 04-22350 (ASH)) (the
"Chapter 11 Case"). The Debtors remain in possession of their assets and
properties, and continue to operate their businesses and manage their properties
as debtors-in-possession pursuant to sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy
Code.

              On September 29, 2004 the Company issued a press release, a copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference
herein, announcing the closing of the transaction to sell its Gaffney, South
Carolina distribution center.

ITEM 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (c)      Exhibits.

    99.1      Press release of the Company dated September 29, 2004.







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                                   SIGNATURES

              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  September 29, 2004
                                    FOOTSTAR, INC.


                                    By:  /s/ Maureen Richards
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                                        Maureen Richards
                                        Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                        and Corporate Secretary








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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.             Description
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  99.1                  Press release of the Company dated September 29, 2004.















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