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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

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

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Star Jones
TV Personality
24-Mar-1962   The View


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