(CMR) Payless ShoeSource is planning on closing all of its U.S. stores, nearly 2,300 locations, in the next few weeks, Reuters reports.
According to the report, the shoe chain will file for bankruptcy for a second time by the end of the month, and begin running going-out-of-business sales next week.
The move would make Payless one of the most high-profile victims of the string of bankruptcies that have hit the brick-and-mortar retail sector as more shopping is done online. Toys “R” Us and The Bon-Ton Stores are among the retailers that shut their stores in liquidations in the last 12 months.
Payless had been trying unsuccessfully to find a buyer. After no such deal could be clinched, the Topeka, Kansas-based company has decided to initiate preparations to liquidate, the sources said.
There is still a small chance a buyer could emerge after Payless files for bankruptcy, the sources said. In the meantime, the company is preparing to run going-out-of-business sales at its shops in the next week, one of the sources said.
Payless, which first opened in 1956, originally filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and has struggled to find a buyer.
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