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Payless ShoeSource is the largest specialty family footwear retailer in the Western Hemisphere. The company was founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kan., on a revolutionary idea - selling shoes in a self-select environment. More than 50 years later, Payless serves millions of customers through its powerful network of more than 4,500 stores, in a variety of retail settings, in all 50 U.S. states, as well as in Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. In fiscal 2006,
Payless sold nearly 180 million pairs of shoes, generating $2.8 billion in net sales.
Payless has designer collections featuring original designs including Abaete? for Payless, designed by Laura Poretzky, Lela Rose for
Payless designed by Lela Rose, and the Red Carpet Collection by Patricia Field by 2006 Oscar® nominee and renowned stylist Patricia Field. Through these arrangements Payless collaborates with the designers to unveil the footwear and accessory collections on the runway at New York Fashion Week, and later offers the collections in select
Payless stores and on
Payless.com. Payless' designer collections are among the most broadly distributed designer footwear lines available in the U.S. today.
