acquired from the bankrupt ALCO Stores chain, and were converted into Shopko Hometown stores. Payless ShoeSource In 1999, Shopko signed a contract with Payless ShoeSource, leasing the floorspace to the shoe chain within Shopko stores with prominent front signage, replacing the previous contract with J. Baker, Inc. as the retailer in charge of the discount shoe department. The changeover was completed by late June 2000. After filing for bankruptcy for the 2nd time, Payless ShoeSource coincidentally closed their stores at the same time Shopko was going out of business. Private label brands Shopko sold an assortment of private label store brand products, primarily in apparel and general merchandise. Popular brands include Shopko, Willow Bay, Bailey's Point, NorthCrest, Energy Zone, Soft Sensations, Peanut & Ollie and Green Soda. Acquisitions Shopko Copps Department Store (Copps Department Stores were the forerunners to the current superstore concept, carrying groceries and general merchandise. When Copps, the Stevens Point, Wisconsin-based retailer left the general merchandise half of the retail business to focus on selling groceries through their Copps Food Center chain in 1983, many former Copps Department Store locations were converted to ShopKo, as well as other retailers, including ShopKo's discount store rivals Prange Way, Kmart and Woolco, as well as Wisconsin-based home improvement retailer Menards.) Penn-Daniels/Jack's Venture (most locations; by the end, only the former Dubuque, Iowa location remained operating at the time of Shopko's closure.) Shopko Hometown Pamida ALCO P.M. Place/Place's Distribution Distribution and transportation was managed by Spectrum America Supply Chain Solutions, a subsidiary of Metro Supply Chain group created in 2016. Shopko's distribution centers were located in De Pere, Wisconsin, Omaha, Nebraska, Quincy, Illinois and Boise, Idaho. See also ALCO Stores P.M. Place Stores Phar-Mor SuperValu Twin Valu Venture References External links Official website (now for Shopko Optical only) Companies based in Green Bay, Wisconsin Economy of the Midwestern United States Economy of the Northwestern United States Defunct discount stores of the United States Defunct companies based in Wisconsin American companies established in 1962 Retail companies established in 1962 Retail companies disestablished in 2019 American companies disestablished in 2019 Private equity portfolio companies 1962 establishments in Wisconsin 2019 disestablishments in Wisconsin Health care companies based in Wisconsin Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 2005 mergers and acquisitions