Payless ShoeSource

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Payless ShoeSource

COMPANY

Founded as a single shoe store in 1956, the chain went public in 1961 as Volume Shoe. It was acquired in 1979 by May Department Stores and spun off in 1996 as a public company again.

Now transformed into and held by Collective Brands.

Official Website:
http://www.payless.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:PSS

Corporate headquarters:
Topeka, KS

Sales:
$2.7B (2006)

Employees:
27,500

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Maxine K. Clark Business 6-Mar-1949 CEO of Build-a-Bear Workshop

Ken C. Hicks Business c. 1952 President of JC Penney

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Daniel Boggan, Jr. Business c. 1946 NCAA Senior VP, 1996-2003

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Star Jones TV Personality 24-Mar-1962 The View

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