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Payless Relaunches E-Commerce Business, Plans To Open 300-500 Stores

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After emerging in January from its second stint in bankruptcy since 2017, Payless “is back,” the retailer trumpets on its newly launched e-Commerce site. The 790 owned and franchised Payless locations outside North America continued to operate as separate legal entities; their number has fallen slightly over the past 18 months, to 710.

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To Thrive in the New Global Ecommerce Marketplace, Toys ‘R’ Us may Need to Think Small

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In 2017, the U.S. Less than a year later, the UK arm filed for administration and all the stores were eventually shut. brand management company WHP Global has bought a controlling interest in Tru Kids, which owns the Toys ‘R’ Us brand. The Toy Store of the Future. business collapsed, saddled with debt.