Exclusive -- New Shoe Concept for Marshalls

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SCOOP!
Marshalls knows what women want - shoes - and is giving it to them.
Portfolio.com has learned that parent company TJX is slated to opena freestanding all-shoe store in Yonkers, New York called the ShoeMegaShop by Marshalls.
In addition, the company is changing the way they merchandise shoesin existing stores. Instead of organizing shoes by size, the shoeswill be organized by style, like at the Designer Shoe Warehouse,company spokeswoman Laura McDowell said. This will allow stores toquadruple the number of styles carried in each location.
Saks Fifth Avenue was the first retailer to devote an extraordinaryamount of floor space to shoe sales. The Fifth Avenue store'sentire eighth floor was converted to a shoe salon one year ago andsales have been "great" a company spokeswoman shared.
Does this surprise you?
by Lisa Marsh