That brings back such fond memories (ha!). I worked at the Famous-Barr Department Store in Clayton, MO in high school. The personnel department took one look at me and put me in the Toiletries and Drugs Department next to the bargain basement shoe department. I kept requesting a transfer to Ladies' Shoes, but that fell on deaf ears.
Famous-Barr was owned by May Company, became Federated, and later became Macy's.
I sold shoes for JCPenney.