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Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, LLC [3] (formerly known as Payless ShoeSource Inc.), is an American multinational discount footwear chain. Established in 1956 by cousins Louis and Shaol Pozez, Payless was a privately held company owned by Blum Capital , and Golden Gate Capital .
Discount shoe store chain Payless is banking on that, announcing Tuesday that it’s relaunching in North America, barely 14 months after shutting down last June. “We’re back and bringing more ...
In 2007, Payless ShoeSource of Topeka, Kansas acquired Stride Rite. On August 16, 2007, the company changed its name to Collective Brands, Inc.By 2009, it was announced that Stride Rite would operate under the further-revised name of Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group.
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Airwalk was founded by George Yohn, the founder of shoe manufacturers Blair Co. and Items International, and Bill Mann, a shoe purchaser for Payless Shoes. After making unbranded shoes for department stores in the 1970s, Items International attempted to produce branded athletic shoes in the early 1980s.
Former Toys ‘R’ Us CEO explains why we saw so many iconic brands fail in the past decade.
Another one bites the dust! The discount shoe chain has filed for Chapter 11 protection on less than $1 billion in assets and $10 billion in liabilities.
In 1987 Payless bought thirteen stores in the North and West of England and Wales from Paul Madeley (an ex-professional footballer). The Madeley staff and field management were retained and the stores were rebranded as Payless. In 1991, Ward White was bought by the Boots Group. Boots negotiated a merger of Payless with W.H.Smith's Do It All ...