Payless Stores, Including Plymouth Mtg. Mall, May 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. That includes the location at the Plymouth Meeting Mall.

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 over 2,700 stores in North America and Puerto Rico, including numerous stores in the Philadelphia area. To see all Pennsylvania stores, go here.

Some nearby locations in Montgomery and Chester counties include:

• Shoppes at Valley Forge, 242 Schuylkill Road, Phoenixville
• Plaza at King of Prussia, 160 N. Gulph Road, King of Prussia
• Northtowne Plaza, 2842 Dekalb Pike, Norristown
• Plymouth Meeting Mall, 500 W. Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting
• Coventry Mall, 351 W. Schuylkill Road, Pottstown
• Montgomery Mall, 804 Bethlehem Pike, North Wales
• Whiteland Towne Center, 179 W. Lincoln Highway, Exton
• Exton Square Mall, 182 Exton Square Mall, Exton
• East Cedarbrook Plaza, 3001 Cheltenham Ave, Wyncote
• Abington Towne Center, 1475 Old York Road, Abington

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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