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Payless Shoes

Apparently Payless Shoes is coming to Japan. Anyone who has walked down Takeshita Street or checked out TokyoShoes has caught a glimpse of the size of the shoe market out here. Problem is, it’s really not that difficult to find cheap shoes (in both senses of the word). The market is already fairly saturated, so does this move really make that much sense? Only time will tell…