When it comes to clothing I'm basically a thrift store and online shopper now, so I guess I'm part of the reason for their decline, but I do remember going to Payless when I was kid. Just about every August before school started my mom would drive my sisters and I to Meijer, Kmart and Sears for clothes, and sometimes Payless for shoes. Growing up in working class family in the 80's I'd typically only get one pair per year, and by the end of summer they would be trashed!


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