{"id":29652,"date":"2019-02-18T22:11:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T22:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=29652"},"modified":"2023-11-27T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:56:28","slug":"news-payless-shoesource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/news-payless-shoesource","title":{"rendered":"News: Payless ShoeSource And a Guy The Franchise Industry Doesn&#8217;t Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/franchise-news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/franchise-news.jpg\" alt=\"franchising news payless and more\" width=\"640\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/franchise-news.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/franchise-news-320x143.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/franchise-news-620x277.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>The Latest Franchise News<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler \/ Grid Engine [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:PaylessShoeSourceFairview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8b\/PaylessShoeSourceFairview.jpg\/512px-PaylessShoeSourceFairview.jpg\" alt=\"PaylessShoeSourceFairview\" width=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Chapter 11<\/h3>\n<p>The Associated Press reports that <a title=\"payless bankruptcy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/8d91b79765b746978ae3d9837add1640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Payless Shoesource is expected to file for bankruptcy<\/a> this week.\u00a0The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection back in April 2017, closing hundreds of stores as part of its reorganization. At that time, Payless had over 4,400 stores in more than 30 countries. Four months after it filed for bankruptcy it was down to around 3,500 stores and had eliminated more than $435 million in debt.<\/p>\n<p>The company said in an email that the liquidation doesn\u2019t affect its <em>franchise<\/em> operations or its Latin American stores, which remain open for business as usual.<\/p>\n<h3>Taxing<\/h3>\n<p>He was forced out at the first franchise operation he ran, and was just forced out of his <em>second<\/em> one. Who am I referring to?<\/p>\n<p>Why none other than John Hewitt, formerly of Jackson Hewitt, and the guy who was recently fired as CEO by the board at Liberty Tax.<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt, an extremely successful entrepreneur, fell from grace <a title=\"hewitt liberty tax\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisetimes.com\/February-2019\/Forced-out-of-Liberty-Tax-Service-founder-John-Hewitt-will-try-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">because of his supposed escapades<\/a> during the past few years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> I heard Hewitt speak at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-consultants-reel-you-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">franchise consultant<\/a> conference a few years back.\u00a0 I was pretty excited to hear him&#8230;and hopefully learn something, but about 5 minutes into his speech I started feeling nauseous&#8230; and it had nothing to do with my previous meal. It was Hewitt. He came across almost\u00a0<a title=\"Zinke\" href=\"https:\/\/splinternews.com\/ryan-zinkes-problems-arent-over-yet-1831466493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zinke-like<\/a>, if that makes any sense.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"john hewitt and franchising\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unhappyfranchisee.com\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unfortunately for the franchise industry<\/a>, his non-compete is just about up, and he&#8217;s launching another franchise opportunity soon.<\/p>\n<h3>Sharing<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a title=\"blaze pizza pies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantbusinessonline.com\/financing\/takeout-sales-boom-fast-casual-pizza-turns-bigger-pies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restaurant Business Online<\/a>, Los Angeles-based <a title=\"pizza franchises lebron james\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/lebron-james-is-the-new-spokesperson-for-blaze-pizza-franchise\">Blaze Pizza<\/a> announced that it is testing a 14-inch pizza, designed in part to serve delivery and carryout customers and billed as \u201c<em>perfect for sharing<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason for larger pizza pies has to do with growing carryout trends. Think catering.<\/p>\n<h3>Perfectly Clear<\/h3>\n<p>In other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-news-headlines\">news<\/a>, Frederick, Maryland has welcomed a new franchise business.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff and Daisy Fay were looking into franchising <em>and<\/em> looking to control our schedules a little bit more. In an interview with the <a title=\"window genie maryland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fredericknewspost.com\/news\/economy_and_business\/services\/new-window-cleaning-service-comes-to-frederick-county\/article_09359ead-87c1-51c3-b5b0-27149c9f9da3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederick News Post<\/a>, they said that they looked at several different franchises and went to Window Genie\u2019s corporate office and decided that they&#8217;d be a really great team to work with. <a title=\"window genie franchise business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/get-6-different-franchises-for-the-price-of-1-franchise\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>25<\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations go out to WingZone. The fast-casual franchisor just turned 25. That&#8217;s a long time to be in business.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"wingzone 25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qsrmagazine.com\/fast-casual\/wing-zone-turns-25-style\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out this recent interview with\u00a0CEO Matt Friedman<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Latest Franchise News Chapter 11 The Associated Press reports that Payless Shoesource is expected to file for bankruptcy this week.&nbsp;The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection back in April 2017, closing hundreds of stores as part of its reorganization. At that time, Payless had over 4,400 stores in more than 30 countries. 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