I declare...BANKRUPTCY!!!

[Food Lady]

I'm in right now. Virtually nothing left in Payless. The store isn't too messy. I'm surprised.

[Racket_Man]

I was thinking about going yesterday, I think. I don't think it's sunk in that I won't be able to go in there to get Payless shoes. Well, I won't be able to go anywhere for those.

Payless does have stand alone stores outside of the Swamp/. I know of 2 in my area one in a strip mall in front of WM and one in the local Mall. If you are where I think you are try the BIG mall in town

[Aria]

What, really? *googles* Oh wow, they are. I hardly ever shopped at Payless but that's still rather sad.

[dalesys]

Huh? There's still a Payless in my town; I picked up dinner the other day from the restaurant that's right next to it!

Yep, Payless is going going gong! My kids little sister has a work scholarship from them that's evaporated.

[Nunavut Pants]

Huh? There's still a Payless in my town; I picked up dinner the other day from the restaurant that's right next to it!

[Food Lady]

I was thinking about going yesterday, I think. I don't think it's sunk in that I won't be able to go in there to get Payless shoes. Well, I won't be able to go anywhere for those.

[Racket_Man]

All of the ones in my area are now closed

[Victory Sabre]

The local Swamps are either 50% or 70% clearance prices now.

Won't be long now.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The swamp's last day of business was yesterday.

Apparently the optical business will be saved and eventually moving to a new location; until then I guess it will operate in the otherwise-vacant building.

[Racket_Man]

Wow! That was fast.

They could not find a buyer. They were originally going to keep a few stores (not sure of the number) going if they found a buyer. my local mall now has lost 2 major anchor stores in less than a year because of bankruptcy and all stores closing.

[Arcus]

About 1/3 of the ones around here closed on Sunday. I know of two more this Sunday and the last should be gone a week after that.

It's a weird feeling seeing them closed, even though I never went to them.

[csquared]

Not really. Based on Irv's stories, they have been failing for a good 4 - 5 years. Management was either slow to realize it, or (per one article I saw) kept it on life support so they could milk it for all it was worth.

[Victory Sabre]

Aaaaaaaand it's gone. Just announced that Shopko will close all its stores by June.

Wow! That was fast.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Aaaaaaaand it's gone. Just announced that Shopko will close all its stores by June.

ETA: the local newsrag has a story about a "ruckus" at my former store. It describes the ruckus as a drunk guy confronting a couple employees because he thought they laughed at him, and striking one of them. My city is officially the Florida Man of Wisconsin.

[Tama]

Won't be long before it's $20 mil if they keep not paying though

Also thanks for the link

It looks like they knew they were in trouble long before this bankruptcy happened.