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Payless ShoeSource Recalls Children's Clog Shoes Due to Choking Hazard

Recalled May 2, 2007 Source: CPSC Children's clothing

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Brand: Payless ShoeSource
Product: Children's Airwalk® Compel Shoes
Units: About 690,000
Sold at: Big Lots stores nationwide from January 2007 through March 2007 for about $115 and $130.

Photo of the recalled Children's Airwalk® Compel Shoes from the CPSC notice — Photo from the CPSC notice.

Understand the issue

Plastic rivets used to attach the strap to the shoe can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

This recall involves Airwalk® Compel clog shoes sold in prewalk sizes 3 through toddler size 10. The flexible shoes have air ventilation holes on the top and side and plastic rivets with the Airwalk® logo attached to the strap. Airwalk® and the shoe size are printed on the sole of the shoe. No other sizes, styles or models are included in this recall.

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What to do

Contact the company for a refund.

Consumers should take the shoes away from young children immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund or exchange.

For additional information, call Payless at (800) 654-0697 between 7:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Consumers can also visit the firm's Web site at www.payless.com

Read the official CPSC notice →

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Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, record 3605. Synced 2026-10-19. Recalls can be updated after they are announced; the official notice is the authority.