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Owner of Payless, Stride Rite stores being sold
Collective Brands Inc., which owns the shoe store chains Payless and Stride Rite, is being acquired for about $1.32 billion by a group that includes the owner of Hush Puppies.Collective, which has been looking for a buyer since August, has agreed to an offer from a group including Hush Puppies' Rockford, Mich.-based owner Wolverine Worldwide Inc. and private investment firms Blum Capital Partners