By Sara Beth Williams–
A national shoe store chain has plans to close its Sunrise Mall location, with its last day scheduled for Friday, April 24, store employees say.
Shoe Palace, recognizable by its iconic arched entrance into the small storefront, will remain open through Friday. Currently all merchandise in the store is 25 percent off and new merchandise is rotated in daily as other merchandise moves out.
Managers at the store told The Sentinel in March they were expecting to close this spring and said their merchandise would be relocated to other Shoe Palace locations. Staff also confirmed that they have secured positions at other Shoe Palace locations in the region.
The national shoe store has a strong online presence, with a well-established online store, multiple national brands in their catalog, and multiple national-licensed collaborations, such as Disney Pixar Cars, Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the Harlem Globetrotters, among others.
Shoe Palace was founded in 1993 by the Mersho family and began as a single brick-and-mortar location in San Jose, California, the company’s website states.
Shoe Palace has several other locations in the region, including two in Sacramento and one in Roseville.
The shoe store’s impending closure follows two other recent closures of Lids and TORRID, a hat store and a clothing store, which both left the mall in mid-January.
Other national retailers still open at Sunrise Mall include JCPenney, Famous Footwear, T-Mobile, and Kay Jewelers.
Several independent businesses are also still open, including Royal Stage Theater, which has two musical productions scheduled in May; California Basics; Image, a retailer offering clothing and gifts; Perfumes Luxe, which offers men’s and women’s perfume and cologne; T & Z Toys; and Top’s Men’s Fashion.
La Estetica Hair Salon, which opened in 2021 along with hair salons inside JCPenney, still remains operational, along with two jewelry stores.
