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2. Payless (footwear retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Pay-Less National was founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas, by two cousins, Louis and Shaol Pozez, to open self-service stores selling budget footwear. Circa 1962–1963, Volume Shoe company purchased the original Hill Brothers Shoe Company based in Kansas City, Missouri and converted all 25 of their stores to the "Payless" name. In 1971, Volume ...

3. Vans - Wikipedia

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   Vans (originally called the Van Doren Rubber Company) is an American apparel, accessories, and skateboarding shoes brand, established in Anaheim, California, and owned by VF Corporation. The company also sponsors surf , snowboarding , BMX , and motocross teams. [ 3 ]

4. Foot Locker - Wikipedia

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   In 1963, the F. W. Woolworth Company purchased the Kinney Shoe Corporation and operated it as a subsidiary. In the 1960s, Kinney branched into specialty shoe stores, including Stylco in 1967, Susie Casuals in 1968, and Foot Locker on September 12, 1974. The first Foot Locker opened in the Puente Hills Mall in City of Industry, California. [5]

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6. Plimsoll (shoe) - Wikipedia

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   A plimsoll, also spelled plimsole, [1] or pump [2] (also known as a gym shoe [2] [1] or a sandshoe [1]), is a light sports shoe with a canvas upper and flat rubber sole. The shoe originated in the United Kingdom, [ citation needed ] there called a "sand shoe", acquiring the nickname "plimsoll" in the 1870s.

7. Sneakers - Wikipedia

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   The British English equivalent of sneaker in its modern form is divided into two separate types: [dubious – discuss] predominantly outdoor and fashionable trainers, training shoes or quality 'basketball shoes' and in contrast cheap rubber-soled, low cut and canvas-topped plimsolls, daps, or flats.