Payless Closing Stores, Including In White Marsh Mall: Report

PERRY HALL, MD — Payless began liquidation sales at its U.S. stores over the weekend, a company spokesperson said. The closest store to Perry Hall is inside the White Marsh Mall.

Liquidation sales started on Sunday, Feb. 17.

News of the liquidation sales came as the discount shoe retailer announced it planned to close all of its stores in the U.S. as part of a bankruptcy filing, Reuters reported.

The closings would affect about 2,300 U.S. stores, according to the Reuters report. Sources told Reuters that a buyer could still crop up.

"We expect all stores to remain open until at least the end of March, and the majority will remain open until May," a company spokesperson said in a statement.

Franchise operations and Latin American stores will remain open for business as usual, the statement said.

Payless currently operates over 2,700 stores in North America and Puerto Rico, including the one in White Marsh Mall at 8200 Perry Hall Boulevard.

As part of a bankruptcy filing in 2017, Payless closed nearly 700 stores.

— By Patch editor Feroze Dhanoa