Jacksonville Shoe Store Closing

TOPEKA, Kansas(AP/STAFF) Shoe chain Payless ShoeSource has released the list of the 400 stores they will be closing. Only one of them is in northeast Texas. According to the Payless web site, The Jacksonville store is only store in our area on that list. In Texas, 172 stores will be shuttered by the company. The Topeka, Kansas-based retailer said that it will be immediately closing the nearly 400 stores as part of the reorganization. Shoppers are increasingly shifting their buying online or going to discount stores like T.J. Maxx to grab deals on designer brands. That shift has hurt traditional retailers, even low-price outlets like Payless.