All Payless Stores, Including NY Locations, Could Close: Report

Payless ShoeSource plans to close all of its U.S. stores as part of a bankruptcy filing later this month, Reuters is reporting.

The closings would affect about 2,300 U.S. stores and the company is preparing for going-out-of-business sales at the locations, according to the Reuters report. Sources told Reuters that a buyer could still crop up.

Payless currently operates more than 2,700 stores in North America and Puerto Rico, including more than 100 in New York.

Some of the New York Payless locations include:

• Jefferson Valley Mall, Yorktown Heights
• 479 Main St., New Rochelle
• Crossroads Shopping Plaza, White Plains
• Kohl’s Plaza Shopping Center, Ronkonkoma
• Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove
• Poughkeepsie Galleria
• Kingston Plaza
• Galleria at Crystal Run, Middletown
• Palisades Center, Nyack
• Rockland Consumer Plaza, Nanuet
• Crossgates Mall, Albany
• Main Place Mall, Buffalo
• Marketplace Mall, Rochester
• Destiny USA, Syracuse

To find a Payless store near you, go here.

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

Payless did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

News of the potential store closings comes as another big retailer, Sears, narrowly escaped going out of business. Earlier this month, a bankruptcy judge approved a $5.7 billion bid to keep the business operating.

You can read the full Reuters report here.

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