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Brand profile
Shoe Palace
US sneaker chain founded in San Jose in 1993, now owned by JD Sports, with roughly 210 stores selling Nike, Jordan and Adidas footwear and apparel.
San JoseOrigin
UnisexFocus
StreetwearStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Shoe Palace
Shoe Palace is a US sneaker and streetwear retail chain founded in 1993 by the Mersho brothers, who started with a shoe stand at San Jose's Berryessa flea market. Stores carry Nike, Jordan, Adidas and other athletic footwear plus licensed and house-branded apparel, with limited releases sold by raffle. JD Sports acquired the chain for $325 million in December 2020, leaving the Mersho family running it; the footprint has since grown from 167 doors to roughly 210, over half in California, with a localized flagship concept introduced in 2025.
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Brand facts
- Founded
- 1993
- Origin
- San Jose, United States
- Price
- $$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Styles
- Streetwear, Athleisure / Sportswear, Skatewear