Payless said the social experiment was meant to remind shoppers that Payless' affordable shoes are fashionable too.
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Payless ShoeSource, of course, sells affordable shoes, carrying brands like Champion, Airwalk, SmartFit, and Dexter, as well as lower price-point Payless-exclusive versions of American Eagle and Christian Siriano brands.
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"Payless emerged from its prior reorganization ill-equipped to survive in today's retail environment," Stephen Marotta, the chief restructuring officer of Payless, said in a statement to the press on Monday.
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Priceless. "These are actually from Payless," the store employee said.
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Payless ShoeSource, RadioShack and Gymoree are just a few examples.
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"Every walk of life shops at Payless," says the designer.
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Payless has hired investment bank PJ Solomon, the sources said.
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They include Payless, BCBG, The Wet Seal and Limited Stores.
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About 80 influencers attended over two nights, according to Payless.
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Q. I reserved a car from Payless in Las Vegas.
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Others, like Payless and Charlotte Russe, will shut down entirely.
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In February 2019, Payless filed for bankruptcy a second time.
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Yet 18 months later, Payless was in bankruptcy court again.
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I got raped at work at a Payless shoe store.
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Payless does not disclose what percent of sales it gets online.
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He counts both Saks Fifth Avenue and Payless Shoesource as stockists.
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The filing said Payless has about $2003 million in outstanding debt.
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Payless, however, returned their money and let them keep the shoes.
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Payless said the influencers were paid a small stipend to attend.
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But the store was just a fake brand created by Payless.
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Payless won this recurring role by incensing customers, not entertaining them.
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Payless Shoesource filed for bankruptcy, for the second time, in February.
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Payless' "biggest growth opportunity" remains the U.S., said CEO Jared Margolis.
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New York (CNN Business)Payless ShoeSource is heading back into bankruptcy.
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Avis acquired Payless in 2013, for $50 million, which means that Mr. De Shon and his colleagues have had three years to bring Payless service up to Avis standards — which are high, in the Haggler's personal experience.
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That's from companies including Charlotte Russe, Payless ShoeSource, Gymboree and Victoria's Secret.
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The store rang up $3,000 before Payless came clean with the reveal.
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Bankruptcies have also plagued retail brands, including Payless, Gymboree and Charlotte Russe.
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Earlier this year, Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy, shuttering some 2,500 stores.
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RadioShack, Payless Shoes and American Apparel all followed that path to closure.
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"I got raped at work at a Payless shoe store," she tweeted.
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Bankruptcies have also plagued retail brands including Payless, Gymboree and Charlotte Russe.
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Headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, Payless has about 4,400 stores around the world.
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In April, for example, discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy.
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Yes, the ones you see at Payless, et al during Easter season.
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Recent examples include Aeropostale, Gymboree, Pacific Sun, Payless, rue21, and True Religion.
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During its four-month stint in bankruptcy, Payless eliminated nearly 700 stores.
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The 2019 filing said Payless had about $470 million in outstanding debt.
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Payless also ran into a series of problems that derailed its plans.
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The list includes companies such as Payless, Forever 21 and Charlotte Russe.
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When I walk in a Payless, it gets quiet than a motherfucker. . . .
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Once-omnipresent chains like Payless ShoeSource and RadioShack have filed for bankruptcy.
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People wait in line to shop at Payless Foods in East Houston Tuesday.
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A spokesperson for Payless did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Payless filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2017 and closed nearly 400 stores.
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Fake is in fashion Would you pay hundreds of dollars for Payless shoes?
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The ratings agency also listed Payless' $145 million loan due a year later.
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But he does not know how many more payless paydays he can endure.
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RadioShack, Payless Shoes, Gymboree and American Apparel all followed that path to closure.
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Payless is still operating in Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
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Payless, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe and Shopko all went out of business this year.
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Payless was once the largest family-owned footwear chain in the United States.
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And once online retailers like Zappos began to dominate, Payless&apos sales struggled.
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So are J. C. Penney, Family Dollar, Payless ShoeSource, Victoria's Secret and Gap.
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"There's an extremely loyal Payless customer, who is basically a mother, who knows she can go into a store at any time and find a quality product at a reasonable price," said Payless' lead restructuring lawyer, Nicole Greenblatt of Kirkland & Ellis.
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It is just a secret that nobody has bothered to share with Payless. Why?
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The bottom line: Go deeper: Payless was another step in private equity's retail apocalypse
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Now Payless is bankrupt, and Allbirds is doubling revenue to $2500 million in 217.
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Why it matters: Payless' second bankruptcy follows a clear trend in the retail sector.
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She's grateful that her kids went with her to Payless that day, she said.
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Representatives for Payless and PJ Solomon did not respond to a request for comment.
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In other words, Payless set up an obstacle course, and Ms. DuBose aced it.
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Others have filed for bankruptcy, including American Apparel, Radio Shack and, on Tuesday, Payless.
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" — STEPHEN COLBERT "Payless opened a fake luxury store, selling customers $20 shoes for $600!
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Private equity was involved in the downfalls of Payless Shoes, Deadspin, Shopko, and RadioShack.
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Featured Article: "Forever 221 Bankruptcy Signals a Shift in Consumer Tastes" Sears. Payless. Claire's.
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Others have filed for bankruptcy, including American Apparel, Radio Shack and, on Tuesday, Payless.
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Yet many Payless stores had inadequate Wi-Fi for the tablets to be used.
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Payless ShoeSource and clothing retailer Gymboree both have followed that path in recent months.
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According to Good Morning America, Addy Tritt from Hays, Kansas, was shopping in a Payless store last week — one of the 2,100 Payless stores in the United States and Puerto Rico that are closing this year after the company filed for bankruptcy.
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The vehicle had been stolen from Payless Car Rental some six weeks before the killing.
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I wander into Payless again because they have a great deal on no-show socks.
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Blum, Golden Gate and Wolverine World Wide Inc took Payless' former parent, Collective Brands Inc.
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Payless, Dress Barn, and Gymboree each announced plans to close hundreds of stores this year.
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RadioShack, The Limited, Payless, and Toys"R"Us are among 2100 retail bankruptcies this year.
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A. Rummage around on the Payless site and you will find little about refueling rules.
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In recent years Payless Shoes, Gymboree, American Apparel and RadioShack have all followed that path.
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The company will relaunch its US website and open stores in the US, Payless said.
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But he was confident that Payless under Golden Gate and Blum would be an exception.
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CNBC reports that Payless lost $63 million in 2018 and $4 million the previous year.
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Subway now has 24,008 locations in the US.Read more:The rise and fall of Payless ShoeSource10 photos that show the glory days of Payless ShoeSourceThese haunting photos of the retail apocalypse reveal a new normal in America as Sears clings on after closing hundreds of stores
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The company's Latin America operation potentially can provide cash flow to give Payless room for error.
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New York (CNN Business)Who would be willing to pay upward of $500 for Payless shoes?
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Among the fashion purveyors highlighted, Payless ShoeSource topped the list, with 1,000 outposts closing up shop.
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This time in bankruptcy court, Payless eliminated nearly 700 stores and roughly $435 million in debt.
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But I also needed to hold Payless shoe stores accountable by hitting them in their pocketbook.
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She sells branded clothes, dolls, makeup and accessories at stores like Target, Payless, Claire's and Walmart.
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Payless and Gymboree both filed for bankruptcy for a second time, collectively closing nearly 3,93 stores.
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Well-known retail brands like Sears, Payless, Gymboree, and Shopko have all suffered the same fate.
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DSW had a miserable holiday season, but it has developed a strategy to avoid Payless' fate.
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This is the Payless mirror (removed from floor following incident and cleaned) family says fell on her.
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Payless, which was founded in 1956, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last April, according to CNN Business.
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Why: Payless is investigating a customer claim that the lithium battery inside the shoes sparked a fire.
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A couple had been trying to return the rental car to Payless, but the company was closed.
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Payless was on Fitch's "loans of concern" list due to its risk of default within 12 months.
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Private equity's retail apocalypse hit another miserable milestone yesterday, with Payless ShoeSource refiling for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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The big picture: Payless' dance with bankruptcy protection is common for companies in the business of sales.
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Ultimately, though, Payless joined the scant number of survivors that, like Gymboree, boomeranged back into bankruptcy court.
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Payless had a loss of $63 million in 2018 and a loss of $4 million in 2017.
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Business Insider reports that as part of a debt restructuring deal, Payless plans on closing 1,000 stores.
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Late last year, Payless told Footwear News that it planned on closing between 350 and 500 stores.
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Already this year, 14 retailers have declared bankruptcy, including the companies behind Payless, The Limited, and BCBG.
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One of the companies on the list, Payless ShoeSource, already filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday.
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Payless has been struggling against online competitors such as Amazon-owned Zappos and buzzy startups like Allbirds.
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Payless isn't where you buy $20 shoes for $600, it's where you buy $2 shoes for $20.
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Shoe retailer Payless has shut all its stores, for example, wiping itself entirely from the retail landscape.
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Payless, when it filed, listed assets and liabilities in a range of $500 million to $1 billion.
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At the time, Payless had over 4,400 stores in more than 30 countries, according to its website.
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Why did Alden Global Capital, the firm that took over Payless after the restructuring, fail so badly?
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Payless was purchased by private equity investors in 2012 and loaded up with $700 million in debt.
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Other mall retailers that have recently succumbed to bankruptcy filings include Payless ShoeSource, Rue20103 and The Limited.
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Payless and Gymboree both filed for bankruptcy for a second time, closing nearly 3,20163 stores between them.
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Payless Shoesource, WOW Air, Borders, and Blockbuster were among the companies that fell victim to the 2010s.
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Payless filed for bankruptcy on Monday night, CNBC reports, and has approximately $470 million in outstanding debt.
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The VIP shoppers paid as much as $645 for shoes that sell from $19.99 to $39.99 at Payless.
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She told Ms. Spiegel and the rest of the crowd that Payless was waiting for cars to return.
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Private equity firms acquired both Payless and Nine West in leveraged buyouts that burdened them with heavy debtloads.
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But Siriano is savvy about what a pair-up with a chain like Payless means for his business.
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Timeline: Payless was taken private for around $1.3 billion in 2012 by Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital.
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Payless struggled with a bloated store portfolio, when a lot of its customers were flocking to online shopping.
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Payless ShoeSource confirmed what fans had been fearing (but we've unfortunately come to expect from ailing retailers lately).
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Payless is not the first retailer to face bankruptcy for the second time in almost as many years.
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Recent victims have included shoe chain Payless, which said last month it will close its roughly 2,500 stores.
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BCBG, RadioShack and Payless ShoeSource are among the many retailers that have also filed for bankruptcy this year.
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I throw on Torrid leggings, a Torrid striped shirt, and my usual Payless sneakers with holes in them.
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"They're not a knockoff of a pair of Nike Air Monarchs from Payless — they're homage," Mr. Wooster said.
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Payless marked the 10th retailer to file in 1.73, but it recently emerged from bankruptcy protection in August.
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In the second action, Payless closed all 2,100 of its US stores and 16,000 employees lost their jobs.
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Payless ShoeSource is relaunching in the US after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said Thursday.
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As part of its comeback strategy, Payless said it plans to collaborate with high-profile individuals and brands.
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San Francisco (CNN Business)Payless is the latest retail chain to close up shop in the United States.
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Ms. Rone selected a pair of boots from Payless and some slacks and button-down shirts from Marshall's.
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So all of this — if this is the hard part, then it's better than selling shoes at Payless.
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The film had 186 licensed products stemming from tie-ins with Kodak, Mattel, Burger King, Payless ShoeSource, and Nestlé.
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I followed Christian's plus-size line for Lane Bryant and in the beginning when he designed shoes for Payless.
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Payless and Gymboree both filed for bankruptcy for a second time this year, closing nearly 3,000 stores between them.
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Payless Light-Up Shoes Items recalled: The company issued a recall of its Jake Lighted Runner light-up shoes.
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The retail graveyard is filled with private equity buys, including Toys R Us, Sears, KB Toys, and Payless Shoes.
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Payless ShoeSource has filed for bankruptcy protection as the shoe retailer prepares to wind down its 2,500 U.S. stores.
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Payless first filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2017, eliminating nearly 700 stores and roughly $435 million in debt.
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Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, a day after it began winding down its 2,500 U.S. stores.
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Payless is working with law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a debt restructuring adviser, the people said this week.
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That includes Payless ShoeSource, which said Tuesday that it would shutter some 400 stores as it tries to reorganize.
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Founded in in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas, Payless has more than 2,700 North American stores, according to its website.
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From Payless to Delia's, here are 10 chains that peaked in the '90s but have gone downhill since then.
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Payless had 3,295 stores in 1991, but it is currently in the process of closing all its US stores.
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Q. In April, when I made a Payless Car Rental reservation online, the estimate for seven days was $256.
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Among the retailers closing hundreds of stores this year are Dressbarn, Payless ShoeSource, Gymboree, Family Dollar, and Charlotte Russe.
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I left a message with Payless and called another number in accounting that will not accept voice mail messages.
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Advertisers and sponsors swiftly cut ties with the TLC program, including General Mills, Choice Hotels, and Payless Shoe Source.
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The lawyers say Payless representatives routinely sent a perfunctory message saying, in effect, Tough luck: You owe the money.
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Aerosoles competitor Payless ShoeSource Inc emerged from bankruptcy last month after filing this year and closing hundreds of stores.
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More than a dozen major retailers, from Toys "R" Us to Payless ShoeSource, have sought bankruptcy protection this year.
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Several retailers have filed for bankruptcy this year, including Payless ShoeSource, The Limited, BCBG Max Azria and Wet Seal.
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Payless is staging a comeback less than a year after executing one of the largest retail liquidations in history.
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"I had on Payless tights and shoes, and I don't know where we found a leotard," Ms. Green said.
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Payless, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe and Shopko all filed for bankruptcy and closed a combined 3,720 stores, according to Coresight.
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Payless previously filed for Chapter 11 in April 2017, eliminating nearly 700 stores and roughly $435 million in debt.
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Payless announced in February that it was closing all its stores across the United States and started liquidation sales.
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New York (CNN Business)Payless is going out of business and will close all of its 2,100 US stores.
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Keeping up with emerging fashion trends and creating attractive stores requires constant investment, which was a challenge for Payless.
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Products have been recalled from Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart and Whole Foods/Amazon.
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The emergence from bankruptcy gives Payless a relatively clean balance sheet and better terms on leases and vendor contracts worldwide.
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The lifestyle guru, 77, announced on Wednesday that she has partnered with Payless to launch an affordable line of footwear.
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Meanwhile, rival shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource began shuttering its 2,500 U.S. stores and filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month.
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Products have been recalled from Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart and Whole Foods/Amazon.
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Payless bucked a trend because it managed to successfully emerge from its 2017 bankruptcy, while many others had to liquidate.
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Pre-cut melon purchased at Kroger, Jay C or Payless stores in Indiana or Michigan should also be thrown away.
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The Haggler was a little skeptical that Payless was serious about these rules, because they sound both hostile and cockamamie.
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Speculation had been building that Payless would soon file Chapter 211 due to its crushing debt load and weak sales.
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While Payless' closures are by and far the steepest of the entire list, the affordable footwear chain isn't disappearing completely.
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Those numbers include liquidations of chains like Payless ShoeSource and Gymboree and store closings by healthier companies like Gap Inc.
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"In retrospect, it was highly informative because Payless makes every type of shoe imaginable at an inexpensive cost," he said.
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Such pressures have contributed to a string of recent retail bankruptcies, including Toys "R" Us, Payless, Gymboree and Radio Shack.
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Payless first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 20173, with more than 4,000 stores in more than 30 countries.
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Private equity-backed Payless ShoeSource and Gymboree are among those that have filed for bankruptcy over the past two years.
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This time, Payless emerges from Chapter 11 with more than 700 stores in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
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Payless has said it wants to return to the United States, but did not give a timetable for doing so.
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Toys "R" Us Inc eventually went into liquidation, while others including children's retailer Gymboree Corp and Payless ShoeSource Inc reorganized.
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Second, they were branded with the flags of countries like Mexico and Argentina — countries where Payless didn't have any stores.
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One such fund, Alden Global Capital, controlled Payless from 2017 to 2019, the years that included the World Cup blunder.
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The Payless owner also reported a lower-than-expected increase in comparable sales for Famous Footwear, one of its brands.
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Forever 21, Barney's, Charming Charlie, Payless Shoes and Gymboree have all had reports of or confirmed financial difficulties this year.
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Payless, which sells shoes, and children's clothing store Gymboree both filed for bankruptcy this year, closing nearly 3,000 stores combined.
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Citing multiple sources, Reuters has also reported that Payless could file for bankruptcy a second time by the end of February.
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More details: Payless has removed the shoes from stores pending an investigation, but says it is not a full product recall.
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Q. If you ever give out an award for puzzling and lousy customer service, I have a contender: Payless Car Rental.
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And if you need something to wear during work at the hospital, just go to Payless and buy some damn Keds.
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The latest: Dressbarn plans to close all 650 of its stores, and Payless ShoeSource will close its 2,600 stores by July.
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That list includes Payless ShoeSource, which announced earlier this month it will close some 400 stores in an attempt to reorganize.
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Private equity-backed Payless ShoeSource and Gymboree filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, while Neiman Marcus is working with restructuring advisors.
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Toys "R" Us Inc did not survive and liquidated, while others including children's retailer Gymboree Corp and Payless ShoeSource Inc reorganized.
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For retailers, that can mean shuttering store locations — both Payless ShoeSource and Rue21 made plans to close nearly 400 stores each.
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The plaintiffs' lawyers claim that Payless customers were charged for fuel, insurance and roadside assistance, even after declining the add-ons.
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Charlotte Russe, Toys R Us, RadioShack, Payless Shoe Source, The Limited, and, most recently, Barney's all have closed thousands of stores.
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The majority of those were because of Payless, which filed for its second bankruptcy in February and shuttered 220,22020 US stores.
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Last Wednesday a woman came to the mall looking for shoes, and left frustrated because the Payless store had just shuttered.
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They were from Payless, a retailer that I primarily knew by its proximity to other, more interesting stores in the mall.
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Payless ShoeSource has filed for bankruptcy and is closing all its US stores — 2,500 across the country and in Puerto Rico.
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Payless taught fashion influencers a lesson about shoes by opening a fake store that sold Main Street shoes at Madison Avenue prices.
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Payless ShoeSource held a launch party in Los Angeles for the bogus label Palessi and invited the fashionistas to sample the merchandise.
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Payless is the latest in a long line of retailers that have declared bankruptcy in recent years, including Charlotte Russe and Claire's.
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That was just before teen apparel retailer Charlotte Russe, personalized-gift company Things Remembered and Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy that month.
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If you have been to or walked past a Payless ShoeSource, you know it has roughly the aesthetics of an optometrist's office.
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Payless has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it is closing all of its roughly 2,500 stores in North America.
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Siriano began working with Payless in 2008, putting out four collections of shoes and accessories ranging between $19.99 and $59.99 a year.
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The result was a rash of bankruptcies, including those of Payless ShoeSource, Sports Authority and Toys R Us. Thousands lost their jobs.
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Payless filed and emerged from bankruptcy this year, while Nine West is exploring options for its balance sheet with an investment bank.
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In April, discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy and planned immediate closures of 400 of its over 4,000 stores worldwide.
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Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy in February and has started the process of shutting all 2,500 of its stores across North America.
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Payless, which first filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2017, had been notable for its ability to emerge from complete financial collapse.
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He's collaborated with commercial brands like Puma, Payless, and Lane Bryant, making sure his clothes reach different classes and sizes of people.
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Nonetheless, I have been billed the entire $87.79, even though I have a Payless receipt stating that the car was returned full.
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Payless has said it plans to close all of its 2,500 stores in what could be the largest retail liquidation in history.
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The I-70 killer first struck on April 8163, 1992 in Indianapolis, killing Payless manager Robin Fuldauer, 26, according to Inside Hook.
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When these and other renters complained, they were told to call a Payless number and open a ticket with the help desk.
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And several major mall-based brands including Gymboree, Rue 21 and Payless ShoeSource declared bankruptcy this year, while Wet Seal was sold.
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Payless and Gymboree — which both filed for bankruptcy this year for a second time — account for almost half of the announced closings.
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Private equity-backed Payless ShoeSource and Gymboree filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, while Neiman Marcus is currently working with restructuring advisors.
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The death of Payless eliminated several hundred well-paying corporate headquarters jobs in Topeka, as well as thousands more jobs in stores.
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But Payless didn&apost count on competition from discount retailers like Target and Walmart, which quickly rose in popularity throughout the 0003s.
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If you live in the US, the next few months may be your last chance to grab a pair of Payless shoes.
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Some of the shoeseller's competitors, such as discounter Payless ShoeSource Inc and trendy label Nine West Holdings Inc, have also undergone debt restructurings.
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"I am thrilled to partner with Payless to design a line of footwear that's both beautiful and affordable," Stewart said in a statement.
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It's impossible to know what retailers like Payless, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, would have looked like without private equity backers.
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In February, Moody's rated 19 U.S. retailers as distressed, including Claire's Stores, Sears, Gymboree, Nine West, Toms Shoes, David's Bridal and Payless ShoeSource.
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The new cases were Gymboree, Payless, rue21, True Religion Apparel, Aeropostale, BCBG Max Azria Global Holdings, Golfsmith International, Hancock Fabrics, and Pacific Sunwear.
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Also included in the list are stores like Payless ShoeSource, which filed for bankruptcy in February, and Forever 21, which filed on Sunday.
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As part of its restructuring, Payless has entered into an agreement with certain parties to reduce its debt load by almost 50 percent.
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Are the generic rubber boots at Payless or Target just fine, given that little feet will grow out of them pretty quickly anyhow?
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Next to Sears were rows of empty storefronts for retailers like Payless Shoes and Radio Shack, both of which have gone through bankruptcy.
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Alix wants Emira to know that she has black friends, that she likes Toni Morrison, that she got her favorite shoes from Payless.
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An affiliate of Golden Gate Capital, whose portfolio also includes Eddie Bauer, Payless ShoeSource and California Pizza Kitchen, previously loaned PacSun $60 million.
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Founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas, Payless has more than 3,600 locations in 40 countries and over 18,000 employees, according to its website.
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Tritt knew her Payless in Hays, Kansas, was going out of business, so she marched in and scooped up all of their stock.
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But Payless also said it now finds itself unable to decide whether to ditch, keep or assign the majority of the rental agreements.
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While Payless struggled to stay relevant with shoppers, other retailers catering to bargain conscious shoppers, like TJ Maxx and Nordstrom Rack, are thriving.
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If that continues they may go the way of Payless Shoe Source, owned by Blum and Golden Gate Capital, which declared bankruptcy last month.
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Payless, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe and Shopko have all filed for bankruptcy this year and will close a combined 3,720 stores, according to the report.
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Payless, with 400 stores in the region, this year plans to add 22 locations across Peru, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
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For workers at the now-defunct Toys R Us, Payless, and Shopko, had her plan already been enacted, it could have made a difference.
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As part of the filing, Payless will close nearly 400 stores as it attempts to boost its balance sheet and restructure its debt load.
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Payless said in court documents that many of its stores did not generate enough cash to support the costs of sourcing, design and merchandising.
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That builds on recent store closure announcements by Gymboree, Payless ShoeSource, Charlotte Russe and Ann Taylor parent company Ascena Retail, to name a few.
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The action underscores the efforts Payless is making to avoid a second bankruptcy, as the popularity of online shopping on websites such as Amazon.
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Payless exited bankruptcy in 2017 with about $400 million in loans, after slashing its debt pile from over $800 million, according to court papers.
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Blum and Golden Gate held on to Payless, while Wolverine took control over Collective's other brands, like Sperry Top-Sider, Stride Rite and Keds.
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So far this year, specialty retailers Rue21 and Payless Shoesource are among those contributing to the rising default rate in the sector, Fitch explained.
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According to FGRT, the most closure announcements so far stem from RadioShack, Payless and Rue21, all of which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2017.
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As part of the filing, Payless will close nearly 2305 stores as it attempts to boost its balance sheet and restructure its debt load.
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But the filings from the likes of Payless ShoeSource, Destination Maternity and Shopko in 2019 also have their own consequences for the coming year.
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A number of private equity-backed retailers, from Sports Authority Inc to Payless ShoeSource Inc, have filed for bankruptcy in the last two years.
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As part of its comeback, Payless will relaunch its US website and open new stores in the US, a company representative told Business Insider.
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But the collapse of Payless is more than a story of one discount shoe company that couldn't hack it in a changing business environment.
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Payless ShoeSource said Thursday it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time, with a renewed focus on its international operations.
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Online shopping has led to a drop in foot-traffic at US malls, which were a vital source of customers for stores like Payless.
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The 763-year-old recalled, sheepishly, the basketball shorts and Payless kicks he wore on flights to tournaments around the country back in 276.
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Payless won't be closing all its stores, though: A spokesperson told CNN Business that its international franchises and Latin American stores won't be affected.
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Payless, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe and Shopko have all filed for bankruptcy, while others such as Victoria's Secret, Gap and JCPenney are shrinking their store footprints.
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American footwear retailer Payless is reportedly in talks to close 1,000 stores, making it the latest retailer facing closures as consumers shift to online shopping.
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The recalled melon was sold in clear, plastic clamshell containers at Costco, JayC, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart, and Whole Foods/Amazon.
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Once again, the rapper spoke specifically about his struggles entering the fashion business and his original aspirations to work with Payless on his shoe line.
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Payless ShoeSource was a popular wholesale channel for many shoe brands, but it filed for bankruptcy in February and shut all of its 2,500 stores.
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Payless ShoeSource is preparing for its second bankruptcy, which could come as soon as within two weeks, a person familiar with the situation told CNBC.
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If a filing were to occur, Payless would be the latest in a string of retailers to emerge from bankruptcy protection only to boomerang back.
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This week, Payless ShoeSource, a retailer of discount shoes, filed for bankruptcy with a plan to immediately close 400 of its over 4,000 stores worldwide.
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Payless said in court documents that is looking to reorganize its Latin American and franchise businesses, which include looking for capital to support those businesses.
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Blum and Golden Gate kept Payless, while Wolverwine took over a group in Collective that included the Sperry Top-Sider, Stride Rite and Keds brands.
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Yet like several of its peers that filed for bankruptcy over the past several years, Payless has found its stay out of court protection challenging.
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I shared this theory with my mom during one of our biannual trips to Payless, which was conveniently located three blocks from the sneaker store.
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A number of deals to buy retailers led by private equity firms in recent years have resulted in bankruptcy, including Toys R Us and Payless.
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On Friday 800,000 federal workers experienced their first payless payday (some got check-like statements for $0.00) and stories of their anxieties began to accumulate.
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In total, the debtor-in-possession financing will give Payless up to $120 million in incremental liquidity during the Chapter 11 process, the company said.
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In the past year, liquidation sales have happened at Bon-Ton, Toys "R" Us, Charlotte Russe, Gymboree and Payless, shaking up the lives of employees.
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People within the industry will tell you that companies such as Payless, Sears, and Toys R Us struggled because of competition from Amazon and Walmart.
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Payless said it intends to seek protection for its Canadian subsidiaries under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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Other bankruptcies that occurred at the hands of private-equity-owned firms include David's Bridal, Sports Authority, and Payless Shoe Source, to name a few.
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Out of the 204 pairs of shoes she bought at Payless, 164 were baby shoes, two were men's and the rest were women's, Tritt said.
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Plus, with most shoes costing $3 or less when it launched in the &apos50s, about $25 today, Payless was a bargain compared to other retailers.
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Avis charges a maximum of $19.75 per rental month; Hertz charges $24.75 maximum per rental agreement; and Payless charges $14.75 maximum for each rental period.
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Big-box stores like Macy's and Sears have shut down hundreds of stores, while chains like Payless and RadioShack have filed for bankruptcy this year.
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Payless ShoeSource, a once-popular seller of inexpensive women's footwear and a staple in many suburban shopping malls, is closing all of its American stores.
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A toddler was reportedly killed during a freak accident inside a Payless ShoeSource store in Georgia just as she finished trying on shoes with her mother.
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But Payless has struggled in an increasingly competitive footwear world, with everyone from DSW to T.J. Maxx (TJX, -2.07%) encroaching on what had been its turf.
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Its collapse just predated a tidal wave of retail bankruptcies and store closings that began in early 220, hitting chains like Macy's, The Limited, and Payless.
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Shoe company Rockport Group filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in May, following similar moves by peers in the shoe industry like Nine West and Payless.
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Shoe company Rockport Group filed for Chapter 21 bankruptcy protection in May, following similar moves by peers in the shoe industry like Nine West and Payless.
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The recalled melon was sold in clear, plastic clamshell containers at Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart, and Whole Foods/Amazon.
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Looking in the Yellow Pages, they found another local car company with the words "Payless" and "A Bargain Auto Rentals," a business owned by Michael Warren.
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More than 6,000 closures have been announced so far in 2019 by companies ranging from Payless ShoeSource to Gymboree to Charlotte Russe, Victoria's Secret and Gap.
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I forced her to take me to Payless ShoeSource that night so I could buy some navy clogs that matched my first-day-of-school outfit.
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She was beginning her sophomore year of college at UCLA when she was raped at gunpoint by a stranger in the Payless store where she worked.
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In its bankruptcy filing, Payless said it employed about 13,700 people in the US, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam and 2,400 in Canada.
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More than 331111,000 closures have been announced so far this year by companies ranging from Payless ShoeSource to Gymboree to Charlotte Russe, Victoria's Secret and Gap.
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Payless filed for bankruptcy a second time in February and announced it would shutter its 2,100 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico in February.
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A spokeswoman from Payless declined to comment on a recent Bloomberg report saying the chain will soon close up to 500 locations and file for bankruptcy.
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After news that mall stalwarts The Limited and Wet Seal would be shuttering stores across the United States, Payless might soon be following in their footsteps.
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"Twenty-four years ago I was raped at gunpoint in the cold, dark backroom of the Payless shoe store where I was then working," Union said.
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From Toys 'R Us to Payless Shoesource, thousands of people have lost jobs when their employers are liquidated, after having been loaded down with unsustainable debt.
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Credit ratings agency S&P in February noted earlier this month Payless faced the "potential for continued supply chain issues, intensified competition, and lower store traffic."
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Payless, readers may recall, is owned by Avis Budget, which is based in Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J. The company's chief executive is Larry D. De Shon.
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In recent years, Tiger Capital and Great American worked together on store closing sales at Macy's, hhgregg, Payless, Gander Mountain and Gordmans department stores, among others.
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The fruit and cut melon, in plastic containers, was recalled from Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart, and Whole Foods/Amazon.
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Many two-time bankruptcy offenders are names that relied too heavily on foot traffic in malls, like teen retailer Wet Seal and shoe store chain Payless.
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Payless will keep open 420 stores in 20 other countries, primarily in Latin America, as well as its stores in US Virgin Islands, Guam and Saipan.
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In your 2017 memoir, "We're Going to Need More Wine," you wrote about having been raped at gunpoint in a Payless store when you were 19.
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Bankruptcies last year included major names like the fast-fashion empire Forever 21, the luxury department-store chain Barneys New York, Payless ShoeSource and Charlotte Russe.
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Payless, founded in 1956 by two cousins in Topeka, Louis and Shaol Pozez, was a business built on an innovation: that shoe salesmen weren't entirely necessary.
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And the bankruptcy had fractured the company's relationships with suppliers, many of them small Chinese manufacturers that had lost money when Payless experienced its cash crunch.
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Payless is the latest brick-and-mortar retailer to suffer in the age of Amazon (AMZN), joining Toys "R" Us, Brookstone and clothing store Charlotte Russe.
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Payless was once the largest family-owned footwear chain in the United States, and the company peaked in the 1990s, selling 250 million shoes a year.
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Raise a glass to... Addy Tritt, who bought out her local Payless and sent all 204 pairs of shoes to survivors of last month's Nebraska floods.
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The Payless liquidation comes as more people are opting to shop online rather than in stores, which were at the core of the shoe company's strategy.
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Payless, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe and Shopko have all filed for bankruptcy, while other retailers, such as Family Dollar, Victoria's Secret and JCPenney, are shrinking their store footprints.
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The rating agency's view came the day after Payless ShoeSource filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, raising the sector's default rate to 1 percent from zero in March.
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Payless Cashway — not to be confused with the discount shoe retailer — filed for bankruptcy in 1997, then went out of business following a subsequent bankruptcy in 2005.
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Still, that bet is protected, should Barneys follow the same path met by Toys R Us, Payless ShoeSource and other retailers that liquidated after a bankruptcy filing.
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A lot of them are mom-and-pop stores, but there's lots of big retail names -- like Payless ShoeSource, RadioShack and Gymboree -- on the list as well.
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The summer before starting her sophomore year of college at UCLA, the actress was raped at gunpoint by a stranger in the Payless store where she worked.
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In addition to the nine retailers who have already liquidated or are working to reorganize, Payless and Bebe are expected to add their names to that list.
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Payless filed for bankruptcy in February and said it planned to close all of its 2,500 stores in what could be the largest retail liquidation in history.
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"When I was 19, laying on the floor after being raped on the floor of a Payless shoe store at gunpoint, I decided never again," Union said.
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But the sector is desperate to evolve after a brutal year of bankruptcies (Toys "R" Us, Payless Shoe Source, The Limited and more) and store closings (J.
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And she still performs barefoot, a habit acquired because she was tired of the plastic Payless boots she used to favor in deference to her vegan beliefs.
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As other retailers including Toys "R" Us and Payless have shut down, Walmart has gained customers looking for the products they used to buy at those stores.
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Golden Gate Capital-backed Payless ShoeSource for example recently emerged from bankruptcy after shuttering roughly 700 stores across the U.S. with goals to grow in Latin America.
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To be sure, jeans company True Religion Apparel Inc, Perfumania Holdings Inc, Payless ShoeSource, Gymboree Corp and Harry & David in recent years have all successfully navigated Chapter 11.
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Sears is among the dozens of retailers like Gymboree, Claire's, Nine West, Payless Shoe Source and True Religion that have filed for bankruptcy in the past two years.
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The couple told detectives that a man who answered the phone at A Bargain Auto Rentals told them to leave the car outside Payless, where it soon disappeared.
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A woman identified as Heather from the Payless Executive Desk went on to write that Ms. Spiegel would receive a full refund for her unhappy Los Angeles rental.
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Last year saw The Limited, Wet Seal, BCBG Max Azria, Rue 21, True Religion, Gymboree, Payless Shoes, RadioShack, Perfumania, Charming Charlie and Toys 'R' Us file for bankruptcy.
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Payless filed for bankruptcy earlier this year with plans to close hundreds of stores, and Nine West hired an advisor to find ways to bolster its balance sheet.
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Like Rue21, Payless and Neiman Marcus have been hurt by debtloads created in private equity buyouts, preventing them from being nimble and adjusting to the changing retail environment.
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Among them were Perfumania Inc, apparel chains rue21 Inc and Gymboree Corp, discount shoe chain Payless Holdings LLC and designer clothing chain BCBG Max Azria Global Holdings LLC.
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Payless, a brand known for budget-friendly shoes, opened a fake pop-up store called "Palessi" in a Los Angeles mall and invited influencers to the grand opening.
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In addition to Kroger grocery stores, the products were sent to affiliated stores such as Food 4 Less, Jay C Food Plus, Payless Super Market and Ruler stores.
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A couple from New Jersey is gaining national attention after they recently purchased all of the shoes from a closing Payless store to donate to the less fortunate.
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The difference here is that new Payless letters describe behavior even more egregious than that previously described here, and that makes a return to the subject somewhat irresistible.
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Payless ShoeSource, children's clothier Gymboree and teen retailers Wet Seal and American Apparel are among the chains that have shuttered hundreds of stores as part of their bankruptcies.
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U.S. discount footwear retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc, for example, closed roughly 700 mall-based stores in bankruptcy last year, while children's clothing shop Gymboree Corp closed about 300.
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Also, many large chains — from Payless Shoes to Toys "R" Us — have slipped into bankruptcy after being acquired by private equity firms that loaded them up with debt.
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She and her dancers recreate an elementary tap class she took in shoes bought from Payless, complete with the most basic and standardized step: the flap-ball-change.
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Payless is now a carcass of a company, with no stores in the United States and a relative handful of employees in a headquarters that once held 800.
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Addy Tritt saw that all pairs of shoes were on sale for $1 at her local Payless in Hays, Kansas, last week, and something told her to go.
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The private equity firms, which had purchased names like Payless ShoeSource and Claire's, exacerbated the issue by looking to give their investors growth simply by building new stores.
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A Payless spokeswoman said that liquidation sales would start on Sunday and that the stores would remain open through the end of March, with many open until May.
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Payless is the latest in a series of retailers, including Toys R Us and Sears, that have turned to bankruptcy and liquidation in an attempt to reduce debt.
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"This is a difficult, but necessary, decision driven by the continued challenges of the retail environment, which will only intensify," Payless CEO W. Paul Jones said in a statement.
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In a separate letter to Trump on Monday, 82 shoe companies, including Nike Inc, Genesco, Payless ShoeSource Inc, Under Armour, Shoe Carnival Inc and Weyco Group echoed those concerns.
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Payless, the beloved budget-friendly shoe retailer, will be shutting down all 2,100 of its stores in the United States and Puerto Rico over the next couple of months.
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As part of the bankruptcy process, Payless is looking for buyers for its real estate, which could include selling large blocks of stores in certain areas of the country.
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The person cautioned that plans remain in flux and it is still possible that Payless could avoid a bankruptcy filing, potentially by finding a buyer for the entire company.
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Payless, with 4,400 stores in more than 30 countries, said it had reached an agreement with two-thirds of its top lenders to cut its debt by 50 percent.
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Payless and one of its private equity owners, Blum Capital Partners, declined comment while the other owner, Golden Gate Capital, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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"This is a difficult but necessary decision driven by the continued challenges of the retail environment, which will only intensify," W. Paul Jones, Payless' CEO, said in a statement.
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On Thursday, Walmart, Kroger, Jay C and Payless stores in the affected states removed pre-cut melon products linked to the outbreak, the CDC said in announcing the outbreak.
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The Haggler Maybe a day will come when Payless Car Rental stops pointlessly antagonizing its customers, but as far as the Haggler can tell, that day is far off.
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The Haggler asked a public relations representative at Avis Budget, which owns Payless — and is led by Larry D. De Shon, its C.E.O. — to say anything about the lawsuit.
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Payless plans to close 2,300 stores in North America by the end of May, in what is expected to be the biggest liquidation of a retailer by store count.
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Following a leveraged buyout in 2012 by private-equity firms Blum Capital and Golden Gate, Payless still struggled with a heavy debt load of $847 million amid poor sales.
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Payless listed both assets and liabilities in a range of $500 million to $1 billion in a filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Payless also hired Justo Fuentes, former president of BATA Latin America, to serve as CEO of its Latin American division, which is currently the company&aposs largest business unit.
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When Payless filed for bankruptcy in 2019, it was facing increasingly stiff competition in North America from larger competitors like T.J. Maxx parent TJX Companies and shoe retailer DSW.
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Although Payless shoes were discounted compared to other retailers, the company didn't count on competition from retailers like Target and Walmart, which quickly rose in popularity throughout the 2000s.
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Ken Perkins at Retail Metrics noted that at least two dozen retailers have gone bankrupt in the past two years, including The Limited, Wet Seal, RadioShack, Payless and Gymboree.
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Payless previously filed for bankruptcy in April 2017 and closed 400 stores in the process, but that move wasn't enough to save the company from its dire financial situation.
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As part of one of Payless' last campaigns, the retailer actually duped 80 social media fashion influencers into spending upwards of $640 on a pair of the store's affordable footwear.
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The fragmented shoe industry has also seen some consolidation with a wave a bankruptcies, including that more recently of Payless ShoeSource, as well as The Walking Company and Nine West.
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The planned closures include more than 2,000 from Payless ShoeSource, which filed for bankruptcy, hundreds from clothing retailers like Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Victoria's Secret and Gap, and discount chain Fred's.
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The majority of those are because of Payless, which filed for its second bankruptcy in February and said at the time it would shutter 2,100 stores in the United States.
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Payless' focus on bricks and mortar comes in a year of record U.S. store closings and a string of bankruptcies among retail brands, including The Limited, hhgregg, RadioShack and Gymboree.
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Consumers who purchased a product fitting this description at Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart, Whole Foods, or on Amazon should not consume the melon.
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At issue is more than $350 million worth of fees and dividends that the two firms reportedly received from Payless, which may have contributed to the company's unsustainable debt-load.
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Payless expects all stores to remain open until at least the end of March and the majority will remain open until May, a company spokeswoman said in an email statement.
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Existing lenders have agreed to provide up to $385 million in debtor-in-possession financing, allowing Payless to remain in business and pay its bills throughout the Chapter 11 process.
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Payless ShoeSource will begin to close its U.S. stores on Sunday, a spokesperson told CNBC in a statement, as the shoe retailer prepares for what could be another bankruptcy filing.
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"The campaign plays off of the enormous discrepancy and aims to remind consumers we are still a relevant place to shop for affordable fashion," Payless CMO Sarah Couch told Adweek.
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Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital, the two firms behind footwear chain Payless, paid themselves $230 million in dividends in 2012 and 2013, all on the back of the company.
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Because if Payless is still demanding that customers send money they don't owe to a street called Collection Center Drive, it has problems that Avis Budget isn't eager to solve.
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Like several of the other retail chains that have succumbed to Chapter 113 filings this year, Payless' parent company was purchased by private equity firms in 2012 for $2 billion.
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"The six-inch line that everybody's been talking about will service the needs of this community very easily," Newton says in his small office across from a Payless shoe store.
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Payless has since hired a new executive management team led by its new chief executive, Jared Margolis, who was formerly president of the brand management and licensing agency CAA-GBG.
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In 2012, private equity firms and hedge funds set their sights on the troubled retailing sector, and one set of investors made the pilgrimage to Topeka, where they acquired Payless.
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The Children's Aid Society provided the family with $375 in gift cards to Payless, Old Navy and Modell's Sporting Goods to buy new school clothes and shoes for the children.
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It made some questionable moves to stay relevant, including orchestrating a hoax where it anonymously invited influencers to the launch of Palessi, a faux-luxury store that carried Payless shoes.
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I buy almost all of my shoes from either Target or Payless because I have really pretty shockingly large feet for a woman and almost no other stores carry my size.
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They're on the hunt for new tenants as a wave of store closures from the likes of Payless ShoeSource, Gap, Charlotte Russe and Dressbarn is hitting and leaving empty storefronts behind.
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In February, the discount shoe retailer Payless filed for bankruptcy for a second time, and announced it was closing all 2,500 stores it was operating in the US and Puerto Rico.
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"This is a difficult, but necessary, decision driven by the continued challenges of the retail environment, which will only intensify," Payless Chief Executive Officer W. Paul Jones said in a statement.
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Other retailers that have filed for bankruptcy this year include toy chain Toys "R" Us Inc, fashion house BCBG Max Azria Global Holdings LLC and discount shoe seller Payless Holdings LLC.
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Gymboree filed for the second time earlier this year, while Payless is planning its own potential second trip into bankruptcy court, CNBC has reported, though those plans could still be averted.
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But Payless faced "unanticipated" delays from its suppliers in the past two years that, once again, forced it to sell inventory at deep-discount prices, the retailer said in court documents.
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"This is a difficult, but necessary, decision driven by the continued challenges of the retail environment, which will only intensify, " W. Paul Jones, Payless chief executive officer, said in a statement.
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Talk In your new memoir, "We're Going to Need More Wine," you write about your experience being raped at gunpoint while working at a Payless shoe store when you were 19.
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Retailers in good financial shape are paring locations as their leases expire, while brands like Payless ShoeSource and Charlotte Russe are filing for bankruptcy and shutting hundreds of stores within months.
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New York (CNN Business)Payless ShoeSource said Thursday that it emerged from bankruptcy for a second time with its international stores intact and a goal of returning to the United States.
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The move makes Payless one of the most high-profile victims of the string of bankruptcies that have hit the brick-and-mortar retail sector as more shopping is done online.
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Low unemployment should help The good news for Payless employees is the US unemployment rate is near a 50-year low, and retailers are having a particularly tough time finding workers.
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The potential investment comes as retail headwinds and private equity debt have thrown retailers such as Gymboree and Payless ShoeSource into bankruptcy and others such as Neiman Marcus into financial disarray.
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"We intend to leverage Payless' existing infrastructure, which is best in class and already includes product design and development, distribution, marketing, and a strong relationship with major footwear manufacturers," Margolis said.
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While my mom stuffed my feet into Payless Velcro shoes twice a year, this dude was spoiled rotten with a weekly sneaker rotation of crispy Nike Airs and Reebok Pump trainers.
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The attorneys general of eight states and Washington D.C. on Tuesday sent letters to 15 retailers, including Aeropostale, Payless and Coach, asking whether and how they use so-called on-call scheduling.
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Private equity buyouts in retail like Toys 'R' Us's increased in the early '00s, when struggling retailers, including Sports Authority, Claire's, and Payless ShoeSource, turned to private equity firms for new ownership.
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Payless ShoeSource has filed for bankruptcy protection — and intends to close all of its stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico — just 2 years after it emerged from its last bankruptcy proceeding.
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But there's a broad spectrum of flip-flops: those that live in the discount bin of tears at Payless, and high-end athleisure flip-flops from KITH you can only purchase online.
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Payless struggled with a heavy debt load and also said in court documents it faced "unanticipated" delays from its suppliers in recent years that forced it to sell inventory at deep discounts.
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Payless, Wet Seal, Bebe, American Apparel, J.C. Penney, Guess and Abercrombie & Fitch are just a few of the retailers which will soon be no more or are closing a number of stores.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 22019,800 retail locations have closed just this year, including hundreds of locations being shut down by national chains such as Payless ShoeSource and RadioShack.
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Longtime, familiar retail names, including Payless ShoeSource, Dressbarn and Henri Bendel, have already vanished into memory; other popular companies are nearing that same precipice, fighting for their survival in a hostile environment.
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Many retail companies bought by private equity in the 6003s, for example, such as Payless ShoeSource, Sports Authority and Toys R Us struggled to meet their debt obligations and filed for bankruptcy.
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The company plans to use its existing infrastructure,"providing the new Payless with the ability to be nimble, innovative, and to fast-track our biggest growth opportunity: The United States," Margolis said.
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Ten of the 242 largest retail bankruptcies since 243 — Payless ShoeSource, Toys R Us, and Claire's among them — have been at companies saddled with debt due to leveraged buyouts by private equity firms.
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She waited for 50 minutes in a line to get a car, then found herself in another line in a parking lot, where 10 people were waiting ahead of her for Payless vehicles.
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Between March and May, discount shoe store Payless plans to close its entire American footprint, encompassing 2,100 locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, as well as its e-commerce operation, CNN reports.
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The discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy late Monday night and announced it would be closing all of its roughly 13,500 North American stores and winding down its e-commerce operations.
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Payless ShoeSource is the latest retailer to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, adding its name to a growing list of chains that have struggled to compete against online and off-price retailers.
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Other beloved stores to declare bankruptcy within the past few years have been the accessories brand, Claire's, jeans retailer True Religion, shoe store Payless, women's apparel line Bebe and kids' clothing boutique, Gymboree.
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"The challenges facing retailers today are well documented, and unfortunately Payless emerged from its prior reorganization ill-equipped to survive in today's retail environment," chief restructuring officer Stephen Marotta said in a statement.
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Payless, in other words, will charge drivers for a full tank — in this case nearly $40 — if the company spends more than 33 cents to top off the tank of a Nissan Versa.
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At the shopping complex near Turner's new home, a couple of the storefronts were vacant—there was an empty Payless, an abandoned Curves, and a dry cleaner with ghost lettering above its entrance.
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Payless ShoeSource is the latest retailer to file for Chapter 2385 bankruptcy protection, adding its name to a growing list of chains that have struggled to compete against online and off-price retailers.
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More than 50 U.S. retailers filed for bankruptcy in 2017, including chains such as Toys 'R' US, Payless Shoes, and Gymboree, as consumers continued to migrate to e-commerce and away from malls.
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Payless becomes the latest retailer to seek court protection to fix its finances and core business at a time more shopping has moved online and customers are visiting fewer stores when they do go.
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In a sign of the times, a string of Australian retailers have gone under recently including Marcs, Pumpkin Patch, Payless Shoes and Roger David while department store Myer has been struggling to turn around.
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While the retailers will vary by region, some of the brands working with Google include Costco, Whole Foods, Kohl's, PetSmart, Sur La Table, Fry's, Road Runner Sports, Walgreens, L'Occitane, Payless ShoeSource, and Guitar Center.
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Claire's, Payless, Wet Seal, rue21, and dozens of other retail outlets have all filed for bankruptcy in recent years—and all had been acquired by private equity firms before ultimately throwing in the towel.
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These chains will follow a path blazed by Payless ShoeSource, which in August emerged from bankruptcy while keeping more than 7583,2758 out of its 275,220 stores worldwide, and preserving 19,000 of its 22,000 employees.
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The five-mile rule, however, is real, and it's worth noting that it does not apply at Avis or Budget, which are part of the same company, the Avis Budget Group, that owns Payless.
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Payless filed for Chapter 11 protection on Tuesday in Bankruptcy Court in St. Louis to restructure its finances by cutting its debt to about $469 million from $838 million and closing 400 underperforming stores.
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After filing for bankruptcy not once, but twice, the discount shoe company Payless ShoeSource finally decided to call it quits in 2019, when it announced it would close all of its US stores permanently.
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When bankruptcies result in major liquidations, as has happened at notable retailers like Payless ShoeSource and Toys 'R' Us, workers often end up participating in what is essentially the death march of their stores.
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The bankruptcies of popular retail chains like Gymboree, Toys "R" Us, and Payless Shoes can be chalked up to the high debts and excessive rents loaded onto these companies by their private-equity owners.
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"We intend to leverage Payless&apos existing infrastructure, which is best in class and already includes product design, development, distribution, marketing, and a strong relationship with major footwear manufacturers," Margolis said in a statement.
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Jenny Allen, a former Payless employee who lives in Tacoma, Washington, said she often worked from opening to closing time late at night and then had to come back to work early the following morning.
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Payless has closed roughly 29 mostly mall-based U.S. stores in bankruptcy, court papers show, but is opening four mega stores here to add to some 23.6,230 post-bankruptcy locations in the U.S. and abroad.
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Bankrupt footwear retailer Payless said in a court filing that it is investigating possible claims against private equity firms Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital Partners, which acquired the Kansas-based company back in 2012.
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The bankruptcy reorganization plan proposed by Payless Holdings LLC should be denied unless the footwear retailer rewrites provisions for its third-party releases, the U.S. trustee said on Friday in an objection to the plan.
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She ultimately won her negligence suit against Payless because they gave no warning to employees about the assailant — even though he had been positively identified prior to her rape for robbing a different store location.
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Payless, in particular, has faced competition from larger competitors like T.J. Max parent TJX Companies, which has a market capitalization of $62 billion, and shoe retailer DSW, which has a market capitalization of $2.2 billion.
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Payless, in particular, has faced competition from larger competitors like T.J. Max parent TJX Companies, which has a market-capitalization of $62 billion and shoe retailer DSW, which has a market capitalization of $2.2 billion.
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The growing online shopping trend, led by Amazon, has forced the toy chain Toys R Us and apparel retailers True Religion, the Limited, Rue 21 and Payless Shoe Source to file for bankruptcy this year.
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"Other retail workers are also going through the nightmare of having private equity firms or hedge funds putting their stores out of business," De La Rosa added, citing the struggles of Sears, Payless and Kmart.
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Since 2017, decades-old American businesses like Sears, Toys R Us, Mattress Firm, and Payless have filed for bankruptcy, a signal of how much these once-prosperous brands are struggling to keep up with shoppers.
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The regional mall vacancy rate was flat in the quarter at 9.3%, compared with the first quarter, which was hit by a number of chains announcing store closures, such as JC Penney, Payless, and others.
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Pursuing a Chapter 11 filing would give Nine West more time to repay creditors — an obstacle many private equity-backed retailers, including Payless ShoeSource, Toys R Us and Gymboree, have run into as debts mature.
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"The challenges facing retailers today are well documented, and unfortunately Payless emerged from its prior reorganization ill-equipped to survive in today's retail environment," Payless's chief restructuring officer Stephen Marotta told CNBC in a statement.
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The Birth of a Nation star previously spoke out — amid controversy surrounding former assault accusations against the film's director, Nate Parker — about being raped at gunpoint while working at a Payless shoe store 24 years ago.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Discount footwear retailer Payless ShoeSource said it had filed for Chapter 11 protection on Tuesday with a plan to restructure debt and immediately close 400 underperforming stores in the United States and Puerto Rico.
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In the case of Payless Shoes, for instance, the owners made hundreds of millions of dollars through fees and special dividend payments, even as the company, forced to borrow large sums to meet those obligations, failed.
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The announcement by Payless ShoeSource in February that it would close thousands of stores was covered by the news media, but nobody is closely tracking the number of independent stores that are closing, Mr. Powell said.
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Over seven years, Payless went through a wringer of private equity and hedge fund stewardship that left it with inadequate technology, run-down stores and no financial cushion to survive an era of upheaval in retail.
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Rather than keep inventory in a back room and employ lots of salespeople, as department stores did, Payless kept boxes of shoes on open display in the store, where customers could help themselves to try on.
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MASSENA, N.Y. — When the Payless ShoeSource at the St. Lawrence Center closed this spring, it could have been just another statistic in a grim year for retailers, one more struggling shop gone in a dilapidated mall.
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Mall owners are increasingly building out food halls with local chef-driven eateries, sushi bars and premium coffee shops, as retailers such as Payless ShoeSource, Gymboree and Charlotte Russe close up shop, leaving behind empty real estate.
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Payless, which reportedly had considered closing as many as 1,000 stores, had been part of Collective Brands when it was acquired in 2012 by buyout firms Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital in a $2 billion deal.
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GEORGIA MOM WARNS OTHERS AFTER SON, 5, CONTRACTS RARE DISEASE FROM TICK BITE The melon was sold in plastic clamshell containers at Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart, and Whole Foods/Amazon.
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You walk into a Payless to try the shoes on; the customer service associate strolls into the back to get that sneaker in your size; you pay for it at the counter and walk out with it.
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Here's the deal: For every $50 you spend at select stores, such as H&M and Macy's, you'll receive $5 back and at other mall favorites such as Payless, you'll receive $5 for every $40 you spend.
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A wave of digital retailers is moving from the internet and into some of the empty mall space left vacant by companies in bankruptcy, like Sears and Payless ShoeSource, or trimming back their real estate, like Gap.
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"For a long time, companies have talked about the squeeze in the middle of retail, but then you see the closure of a Payless," said John Mercer, a senior analyst at Coresight, a research and advisory firm.
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In the two-year period ending in January 2015, Payless generated $249 million in "Ebitda," a common metric for operating profits; paid $352 million in one-time dividends to shareholders; and made $94 million in interest payments.
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Payless is the most recent retailer to file for what has become known as "Chapter 1.53," in which a company emerges from Chapter 11 only to file for bankruptcy a second time and shut down its business.
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The private equity firm is one of the few to continue to invest in retail, even as the changing landscape has thrown a number of private equity-backed buyouts, like Toys R Us and Payless ShoeSource, into bankruptcy.
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With a cleaned-up balance sheet, Payless is seeking to position itself to compete in a tight U.S. market, open more stores across Latin America - a major part of its growth strategy - and develop new franchises in Asia.
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Retail store closings are on track to hit a record high this year with retailers from department stores Sears, Macy's and J.C. Penney to specialty players like BeBe and Rue21 and footwear retailers Crocs and Payless shuttering locations.
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Stores carrying the melon include Costco, Jay C, Kroger, Payless, Owen's, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, Walgreens, Walmart and Whole Foods/Amazon Thirty-one people have been hospitalized in this outbreak, the CDC said, and no deaths have been reported.
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Elizabeth Warren has taken aim at the private equity industry, saying it's contributed to the downfall of several retail giants, such as Payless and Toys R Us. Toys R Us is a prime example of private equity's downside.
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Her op-ed is worth reading in full, but here are some notable excerpts: Twenty-four years ago I was raped at gunpoint in the cold, dark backroom of the Payless shoe store where I was then working.
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While Hertz, Avis, National and Enterprise are popular brands, there are several dozen smaller companies, such as Fox Rent a Car and Payless Car Rental, that often offer rentals at cheaper prices because they're not as well-known.
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Fighting backNow, everybody knows that it wasn't simply Amazon that ravaged the retail sector, but calculating Wall Street investors who destroyed some of America's most beloved brands — Sears/Kmart, Payless, Toys R Us, Shopko — to make themselves richer.
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By the time a private equity group led by Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital, both of San Francisco, took over in 2012 in a $2 billion acquisition, Payless had 4,300 stores worldwide and $2.4 billion in revenue.
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Just maybe, in other words, what Payless went through in its run of private equity ownership wasn't just one bad deal in one troubled industry, but a particularly clear example of what is holding the entire economy back.
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Some of those chains include Subway which got rid of 2200 location, Baskin-Robbins which dropped 10 locations, Payless which closed all 71 of its NYC locations after filing for bankruptcy, and Mattress Firm which lost 20 stores.
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Payless ShoeSource said Tuesday it's pulling all of its boys' Jake Lighted Runner light-up shoes from the shelves while authorities investigate a report that a Texas toddler's shoes ignited and burned out the backseat of the family SUV.
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Details: Payless, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2017 and could do so for a second time this month, had more than 3,600 locations in 40 countries and over 18,000 employees before the current round of closures.
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"Payless (ShoeSource) filed for bankruptcy protection in April, J Crew's term loan is trading in the 60s, and there's a lot of concern about mid-level retail stores that are in the malls in particular," a senior banker said.
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It meant replacing all my old notebooks and binders, wandering the aisles of Target or Staples for fancy new pens and a fresh backpack, and hitting up Limited Too and Payless for that perfect first day of school outfit.
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Payless says it plans to honor customer gift cards and store credit until March 11 and has asked the court for authorization to allow returns and exchanges on non-final-sale items bought before February 17 through March 1.
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The retailer joins American Apparel LLC, Payless ShoeSource Inc and other chains in bankruptcy as shoppers increasingly buy online, turning away from brick-and-mortar specialty shops and department stores, where True Religion makes the majority of its sales.
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None of this will surprise regular readers of this column, which, in recent months, has given Payless a recurring role in this space — a bit like a guest star in a sitcom who catches on and keeps turning up.
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Inventory waited offshore for weeks, creating a cascade of problems for the Payless supply chain: a pileup of out-of-season shoes that the company was able to sell only at deep discounts and with extra spending on marketing.
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The slow, painful death of the mall -- and many of its big tenants Payless ShoeSource, owned by San Francisco private equity firms Blum Capital and Golden Gate Capital, went bankrupt last year and wound up closing nearly 700 stores.
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Companies like Victoria's Secret, Gap, Gymboree, Chico's, Payless Shoesource and Charlotte Russe have been shutting stores, struggling to find ways to differentiate themselves from popular fast-fashion brands like Zara, and up-start brands like Everlane, Rockets of Awesome and ThirdLove.
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Several private equity firms invested in footwear companies in recent years, with Apax Partners LP acquiring Cole Haan, Sycamore Partners LLC buying Nine West, part of the Jones Group Inc, and Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital snapping up Payless ShoeSource.
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Other chains receiving the letters are BCBG Max Azria, Carter's Inc, Canada's DavidsTea Inc, Forever 21 Inc, Ascena Retail Group Inc's Justice, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc, Payless ShoeSource, Tillys Inc, Fast Retailing Co's Uniqlo, VF Corp's Van's and Zumiez Inc.
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Footwear retailer Payless Holdings LLC aims to emerge from its second bankruptcy with nearly all of its debt shed and largely focused on selling shoes in Latin America after shuttering some 2,500 stores across North America, according to court papers.
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The 2010s alone saw the closure and bankruptcy of many iconic brick-and-mortar stores, including the once-beloved Henri Bendel, Payless Shoesource, Sports Authority, (briefly) Toys R Us, Victoria&aposs Secret, and perhaps most notably, Blockbuster and Barneys New York.
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Two-year-old Ifrah Siddique was rushed to a hospital by emergency personnel on March 2 after a full-length mirror came loose and fell on top of her at a Payless store in Riverdale, Georgia, according to CBS News affiliate WGCL-TV.
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For the funny campaign, Payless created a fake luxury store named "Palessi" (along with a corresponding luxury website and Instagram account) and filled it with shoes normally retailing from $19.99 to $39.99, but convinced the style gurus to buy them for much more.
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The transactions involved Alden Global Capital LLC, Payless' majority controlling equity, and its affiliates, the committee said, adding it needs an order greenlighting its motion for probe to see if there is cause to bring actions on behalf of the retailer's estate.
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For the funny campaign, Payless created a fake luxury store named "Palessi" (along with a corresponding luxury website and Instagram) and filled it with shoes normally retailing from $19.99 to $39.99, but convinced the style gurus to buy them for much more.
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Why it matters: If Payless were to prove some sort of sponsor liability related to dividend recaps, it would send a chill through a private equity industry that uses such techniques to juice returns (often without enough regard for the possible consequences).
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While checking out at the register, the cashier mentioned that day would be the last the store would remain open as Payless works to close the bulk of its stores across the country after filing for Chapter 85033 bankruptcy earlier this year.
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Shoppers in those regions will be able to order from a variety of retailers, including Costco, Kohl's, L'Occitane, PetSmart, Stop & Shop / Giant Food (depending on city) Sur La Table, Ulta Beauty, Payless, Adorama, Road Runner, Vitamin Shoppe, Whole Foods, TRU/BRU and Paragon.
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In 8003, longshoremen at major West Coast ports went on a slowdown at the worst possible time for Payless: just as ships from Asia containing millions of pairs of discount shoes were steaming across the Pacific ahead of the crucial spring sales season.
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After weeks of speculation, Payless ShoeSource on Tuesday confirmed that it has sought bankruptcy court protection as it looks to unload some of its crippling debt and close 6.313 stores in the hopes of making another go of it as a leaner store chain.
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Two other retailers—Payless ShoeSource, a 61-year-old discount shoe-seller from Kansas, and Gymboree, which began selling children's clothing in 1986—are among those that declared bankruptcy this year after being backed by private-equity firms that left them similarly weighed down.
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While Payless has halved its debt during bankruptcy, $280 million of new term loans carry yields between 7 percent and 9 percent, broadly in line with other distressed retailers but above average term loan yields of 3.6 percent, according to Thomson Reuters LPC data.
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Siriano simply doesn't get why a designer wouldn't want to be as accessible as possible: "Once you see the customers who are so excited to buy your bag from Payless, you can't go back to just designing for It Girls — you just can't," he said.
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The company, which earned $29 million in profit last year and $1.3 billion in revenue, said that it was far healthier than fellow retailers that have also turned to bankruptcy — a growing list that includes mall regulars like Gymboree, the Limited and Payless Shoes.
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Payless in a filing on Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri said it has rejected or sought to reject many of its leases for its North American stores since filing its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in recent years in February.
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Two Payless Holdings LLC board members investigating whether the bankrupt footwear chain can pursue claims against its majority controlling equity holder said on Thursday they should not have to share all records they are rounding up with creditors who are conducting a parallel probe.
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At issue for the board members is a request by Payless' official committee of unsecured creditors for a "blanket production" of records including documents protected by attorney-client privilege, according to a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Unsecured creditors of Payless Holdings LLC on Wednesday sought a court order in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to open an investigation of what they said are "suspect transactions" that may have helped tip the discount footwear chain into its second bankruptcy.
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In the case of Payless ShoeSource, a retailer that also went bankrupt last year, creditors argued in court filings that its private-equity owners should share the blame for its collapse; after much argument, the owners agreed to put more than $20m back into the company.
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Mr. Carpenter explained that the discounts account for the sales history of a particular item, and a sense of its desirability, and noted that this was a departure from other liquidations that his firm had overseen in recent memory, including Toys "R" Us and Payless Shoe Source.
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They watched as an array of models, including a handful who are referred to in the industry as curvy or plus-size, made their way around the runway, wearing a collection that included shoes on sale at Payless and several looks that were made available on Amazon.
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Sorting through the haphazard pile of clothing spilling out of the two suitcases still serving as my dresser, I yanked on a sweater dress I purchased for $20 on sale from Urban Outfitters, a faux-leather jacket from the Limited, pilled tights, and a pair of Payless black flats.
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She's characterized the industry's practices as "Wall Street looting," invoking private equity's role in the demise of companies such as Toys R Us, Payless, and Shopko, and proposed revamping the way firms do business and closing the carried interest tax loophole many in the field take advantage of.
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The Payless model is built on core loyal customers: budget-conscious mothers who still flock to stores with their children to find a perfect fit for under $30 during four key selling seasons, including Easter dress shoes, summer sandals, back-to-school, and winter boots, court papers show.
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After winning the fourth season of the reality show, he launched his own line of ready-to-wear clothing — something that would eventually lead his portfolio to encompass bridal, shoes and bags for Payless, a plus collection with Lane Bryant, bedding with Bed Bath & Beyond, and even a fragrance.
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I put the wedding album down and looked at the two of them before me, my two "mothers" with their matching pullover sweaters, (hers was navy, hers was gray), their white sneakers from Payless, the red puffy coats they got in the mail from cashing in Marlboro bucks.
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She has receipts, which she shared with the Haggler, who shared them with Payless, proving that she refueled half a mile from the airport — yes, a good 4.5 miles under the limit — and dropped off the car less than 10 minutes after her visit to the gas station.
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Discount footwear retailer Payless ShoeSource aims to emerge from bankruptcy within 128 days in time to seize on back-to-school shopping as a leaner chain, its chief financial officer said in court papers filed on Wednesday that also detailed events leading to the company's Chapter 11 petition.
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"This plan will include a strong digital component to allow an omnichannel approach to the Latin market, as well as several product strategies that will allow Latin consumers to continue seeing Payless as their primary source of high-quality, value-priced family footwear," Fuentes said in a statement.
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The mall is the new rec center An executive at mall owner Washington Prime Group (WPG) was exceptionally blunt in a recent earnings release, using a choice word to refer to such bankrupt retailers as Bon-Ton Stores, Sears, Toys R Us, Charlotte Russe, Gymboree, and Payless ShoeSource.
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These fees are in addition to the actual tolls, so that while you may only incur a few dollars in tolls driving from Miami to Key West, you will pay somewhere between $303 a day for the device at Payless Car Rental to $4.95 a day with Hertz.
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According to a list compiled by Moody's, retailers at risk of defaulting on loan payments — and therefore could be forced to file for bankruptcy — include 99 Cent Only Stores, Charlotte Russe, Guitar Center and Payless ShoeSource, which once filed for bankruptcy protection but later emerged after closing more than 600 stores.
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What's weirder is what it tells us about how Payless thinks about the general market of people who buy shoes — namely, that most people don't understand value and pricing and packaging and don't think about what goes into making something cost what it costs, but just gravitate toward status symbols impulsively.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Payless ShoeSource is set to emerge from bankruptcy as soon as Wednesday, one of the largest retail chains to do so, and is banking on a strategy focused primarily on bricks-and-mortar sales at a time when e-commerce is casting an ever-growing footprint on retail sales.
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I called the head of Payless and I said 'I want to work with you, I want to take all this information that I've learned from sitting at all these fashion shows and knocking down all these doors and buying all these expensive clothes and I want to take away bullying'.
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Though it announced in January that it'd be laying off 2% of its employees, and closing nearly a quarter of its 4,400 stores, the plan is to apparently to instead open larger Payless Super Stores, with over 60 currently in operation and 60 more slated over the next four years.
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Payless last month said it had emerged from bankruptcy again, with a renewed focus on its international operations and with plans to grow in the U.S. It doesn't have any stores open in America, currently, but has more than 710 stores, including those with franchises, in more than 30 other countries.
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Discount footwear chain Payless Holdings LLC is seeking a court order in its second bankruptcy to extend its time to decide what to do with the bulk of its leases for some 2,400 stores in the United States and Canada it is closing, to see if third parties may take some.
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Not all troubled private equity deals end with a company winding down, as in the case of Toys "R" Us. Retailers like Gymboree and Payless ShoeSource have found second lives after emerging from bankruptcy, often with investments from new private equity or hedge fund owners willing to give the business another try.
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Payless, which was founded in 1956 with the goal of selling affordable shoes in a self-service setting, was preparing to file for bankruptcy for the second time in two years; the company is starting liquidation sales on February 17 and expects its stores to remain open until at least the end of March.
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The highest offer was reportedly $640, an 1,2403 percent markup from the shoe's original price, and Payless pretended to ring up more than $3,000 worth of shoes before revealing the prank and recording everyone's faces for a series of commercials that will run on TV and all of the brand's social channels throughout the holidays. Gotcha!
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While he's not wrong, it's a bit ironic for the former finance executive to join the anti-Bezos crusade: Mnuchin has made millions off of the predatory tactics that have shut down businesses like Payless Shoes and Toys R Us, and personally had a hand in 6003,000 workers losing their jobs when Sears filed for bankruptcy late last year.
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Some of these REITs' portfolios include locations of embattled department store chains Sears, and News of Payless ShoeSource and teen clothing retailer Rue21 recently filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy has cast a larger shadow over the industry, prompting many investors to fear REITs will have a hard time filling vacant shops, as news of store closures intensifies.
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Luxury handbag maker Michael Kors announced more than 100 store closures, apparel retailer Express posted a double-digit sales decline at its established stores, Payless ShoeSource said it would shutter even more locations than it planned and a Gymboree bankruptcy is seen as imminent — these, among other events — have painted a much bleaker picture of the industry.
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The rise of e-commerce has contributed recently to a record number of store closings and retail bankruptcies, including those of Sports Authority, Payless Shoes and Toys "R" Us. Like Sears, Toys "R" Us tried to reorganize, but eventually shut down in June and laid off all of its employees when its lenders concluded that the business was no longer viable.
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This past year, Bergman — who worked as a criminal prosecutor before joining Sard — and her firm worked to help former NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman rehab his reputation after sexual misconduct accusations, guided retailer Payless ShoeSource through a bankruptcy, and worked to spin the narrative of self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski, who was accused of stealing trade secrets while at Google.
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Not long after, in 2019, Payless filed for bankruptcy a second — and final — time and closed its 2,500 stores in the US. The chapter of my life in which I had attached so much hope and meaning to a pair of heels came to an end, and with it, my teenage conception of the kind of adult I wanted to be.
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Amazon is the shopping mall now, and, normally, if you open a store in a shopping mall, you can expect certain things—like the mall operator will clean the hallways, and they'll make sure Foot Locker isn't right next door to Payless, and if someone sets up a kiosk in front of your store and starts selling fake Air Jordans, they'll kick them off the property.
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The designer, who just celebrated a decade in the fashion industry, has spent the last few months alone dressing dozens of stars for major red carpets (including 10 at the Golden Globes and 3 at the SAG Awards), putting on a fashion show with a celebrity-studded front row, launching a makeup collection with E.L.F. Cosmetics and keeping up his empire (which includes a Payless shoe line, handbags, eyewear, fragrance and bedding, not to mention a book and custom clothing for Barbie dolls).
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