Payless shoes closing 475 stores, considers putting itself up for sale (employment, interview)

[LetsRock]

Originally Posted by blackandproud

Exactly. There was a time you could go to pay less and actually pay less for a decent pair of shoes NOW.... Your paying DSW prices for a sub decent pair of shoes. If i'm going to pay $60 you better believe i'm going to DSW. Payless forgot the foundation they were built on. I know a lot of low income folks who would rather shop at targets or kholes for their children shoes?

$60? I have never seen a decent pair of shoes for less than $300.

[Aganusn]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

$60? I have never seen a decent pair of shoes for less than $300.

O.o

[dman72]

Originally Posted by WyoNewk

I'm fairly certain that Stride-Rite's baby shoes are made in America. They're the best shoes for the little ones and are pretty expensive, so the rotten economy could hurt their sales.

Payless shoes are the same quality you'll find in Walmart, and I'd bet it's the Walmarts that are hurting Payless sales.


Payless bought out Stride-Rite several years ago and also market so other good shoes -- Sperry TopSiders for one. I don't think any of the better quality shoes are sold at Payless ShoeSource stores, however. Those are wholesaled to retailers.

A clerk at Stride Rite told us that you can get almost the identical shoes at Payless and that spending $50 on kids shoes is silly. There's no reason to buy kids shoes at Stride Rite. Just get the sizing right and you are fine.

[calipoppy]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

$60? I have never seen a decent pair of shoes for less than $300.

We are talking about the realistic price points of the average American not the laments of a shoe snob

[Joe_Ryder]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

$60? I have never seen a decent pair of shoes for less than $300.

Quality and trendy aren't always the same.

[LetsRock]

Originally Posted by Joe_Ryder

Quality and trendy aren't always the same.

When you are talking women's shoes, quality comes at a price.

[Joe_Ryder]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

When you are talking women's shoes, quality comes at a price.

Often times a woman's idea of quality depends largely on what other women are wearing.

[dreamofmonterey]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Capitalism is a self-disciplinary system. When Enron didn't follow the rules, capitalism amputated them. You have to be of value to the rest of society to succeed. Payless, obviously, isn't of value to society and so it's the end of the game for them.

cool so B of A outsourcing to China is due to them not being competive and capitalism reigning supreme... lol.

read macro and microeconomics 101 sometime.

[sailordave]

Originally Posted by nr5667

If there's one thing conservatives love more than capitalism, it's corporate welfare... Kind of confusing, but...

Corporate welfare? Ask Obama and the Democrats about corporate welfare.

[sailordave]

Originally Posted by LetsRock

Who buys Payless Shoes? They are not even leather. You gotta be pretty desperate to shop there.

Several decades ago they had real leather shoes that lasted at least a year depending on how rough you were on your shoes.