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Payless Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection; All 2,500 US Stores to Go Dark

Retail Chain Plans to Keep the Majority of the Stores Open Until May
Payless ShoeSource began liquidation sales at its U.S. stores over the weekend before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Payless ShoeSource began liquidation sales at its U.S. stores over the weekend before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
By Jennifer Waters
CoStar News
February 19, 2019 | 6:27 P.M.

Payless ShoeSource filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in what could be the largest such filing in the nation's history, with the chain planning to close all 2,500 of its U.S. corporate stores and its online business amid a shift in consumer shopping behavior that's upending retailers nationwide.

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