Right, the Targets where I live are pretty clean and maintained but other stores however, tend to look like the photo in OP. Like Forever 21 and Ross always look like a fucking mess.
I raise my hand- I've seen similar in Australia's Targets and Kmarts, though I must admit that was years ago. I haven't seen this much mess in yhe shoe section over the past couple years but I also haven't been shopping for shoes there lately, so all I'm saying is it can happen here too.
Can confirm, did a mandatory highschool weeks work experience in kmart a few years back - was the only person who cared to clean up the shoes.
Nowadays the shoe section is clean af. However I dont necessarily think it's due to the workers - more likely less customers shopping for shoes offline.
I don't generally buy shoes from those stores anyway anymore, I have very small feet so the selection sucks, but also none of the shoes last very long. Id rather spend $100 on shoes that last rather then $25-35 on shoes that fall to pieces after a month or two of use.
But when I do shop for shoes in these stores, I make a point to put the rejects back where they are supposed to go. That one week burned into my brain how painful it is to put away a mountain of shoes that people just tossed aside. So I'll do my part to not be apart of the problem, and to make it easier for our poor retail workers.
Me neither, nor do I ever think I've been to a shoe store that keeps boxes of shoes on the shelves like that.
I'm used to display models; find something you like, then you ask an assistant what sizes you'd like to try on.