Two of my favorite Shoe Stop locations were Chesterfield Valley and Des Peres. Joan (the mom of the boys) was always at the Chesterfield valley location (which I hear is closing or is closed by now). These 2 locations had the best (quality) shoes - this was told to me by one of the managers - esp considering the shoes they noticed I was buying.
While I used to love the store(s), I haven't been able to share that feeling for awhile. I noticed that they were bringing in cheaper shoes instead of carrying the huge variety of the great name brand (quality) shoes that they used to have - Aigner, Steve Madden, Cole Haan, Stuart Weitzman, Van Eli, to name a few. This seemed to happen after the dad died and it is ashamed because I would not buy less than about 4- 5 pair of shoes at a time there. I would get great deals because I would buy so many, but that was part of their good customer service (which I heard they still have fortunately). I just wish they had the really good shoes still. I am not going to pay basically the same price I used to pay for CHEAP shoes. In talking with others that I know that used to go to the stores (esp the locations I mentioned), they also stopped going because of the quality decrease - makes me wonder if that is why they have closed store(s). read more