issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2012 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources warehouse shoe sale news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message warehouse shoe sale type private industry retail founded incorporated in 1984 headquarters los angeles california united states products shoes and clothing website http www.shopwss.com warehouse shoe sale branded as wss is a retail chain of shoe stores headquartered in los angeles california with 67 retail outlets as of july 2015 . 1 its parent company is known as eurostar inc. not related to the railway company . 2 wss is a family footwear retailer which primarily serves the urban and latino communities . it was founded in 1984 by eric alon who is still involved with the company . 2 rick mina is the company s current president . 3 they also own and operate the online retailer shopwss.com . wss gives back to local communities by sponsoring or participating in over 350 local events each year . in 2015 wss donated 250 000 to the los angeles county alliance boys & girls clubs and kicked off a long term initiative where each wss store is paired with a local boys & girls club and wss volunteers work with club members to support their activities through events games tutoring and special programs . each boys & girls club also receives wss gift cards that are used to incentivize and reward youth for academic improvement and excellence . 4 references edit about us . shopwss.com . retrieved 12 july 2015 . a b eurostar inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 12 august 2014 . wss president mark archer on jordan expansion & more . footwear news . retrieved 2 july 2015 . actor anthony anderson joins forces with footwear retailer wss to present 250 000 donation to neighborhood los angeles county alliance boys & girls clubs . businesswire . retrieved 14 may 2015 . external links edit wss official website external links edit wss wss official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title warehouse shoe sale & oldid 743513436 categories companies based in los angeles1984 establishments in californiashoe companies of the united stateshidden categories orphaned articles from april 2012all orphaned articlesarticles with topics of unclear notability from july 2009all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view