James A.
Yelp
THE place to go to get any sort of Sketchers shoes, at (sometimes drastically) reduced prices, all in a very spacious warehouse with plenty of seating to try on.
My wife and her mom are preparing for a vacation requiring a lot of walking, so seeked out this store in Gardena. Sketchers has over 5,000 retail stores around the world, with 19 warehouse outlets in Los Angeles County alone. They also have Sketchers retail stores as well as one factory outlet store. I couldn't figure out the difference between a warehouse outlet and a factory outlet: on first glance it would make sense that a factory outlet would be a retail arm near the manufacturing plant whereas the warehouse outlet would be one for a distribution center...but there is no way Sketchers would need that many warehouses in Los Angeles County, and the shoes are manufactured overseas.
It's huge inside, with it as well organized and displayed as any Nike store I've been to. Their new big thing is 'slip-ins', shoes (even those with laces) where you can just slip into them like slip-ons with having to bend down or use a shoe horn. I ended up buying a pair of tennis shoes, and they can attest that they slip-in technology works. There was a huge section of shoes devoted to pickleball (certainly more than tennis), so that's one demographic they are pursuing.
Prices were good, especially if you focused on the large clearance section in the back, with prices 50% off or more. They were having a special where a 2nd pair of shoes was 50% off, but it only applied to non-clearanced shoes, which we didn't use. I was able to use a $5 off coupon for dining at the nearby food court.