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<p>Luzerne County will be losing another retailer.</p><p>Payless ShoeSource plans to close all of its approximately 2,300 stores when the company files for bankruptcy later this month, according to a <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/payless-shoesource-set-to-close-2300-stores-report" target="_blank">Fox Business</a> story.</p><p>Payless has four Luzerne County locations, one in the Wyoming Valley Mall, one in the nearby Wilkes-Barre Township Marketplace, one in the Laurel Mall in Hazleton and one at the Midway Shopping Center in Wyoming.</p><p>The closing of the Payless locations follows the closing of retailers Toys R Us, Sears and The Bon Ton stores, all of which had outlets in the area. </p><style>
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Report: Payless ShoeSource filing for bankruptcy, closing stores