Lilywhites

Children’s athletic shoes: wide selection, many styles, ok prices
Display: crowded discount store style, just fine, reasonably well displayed and organized given cramped space.
Reason I am writing this poor review: THE SALES STAFF TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT MEASURE MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER’S FEET to check for size.
2 of them (staff people, not feet)! Not just that they would not or could not do it themselves — but that they did not have «the equipment».
What? Really? Even in a bargain shoe store, I expect to be able to check shoe size. Right?
I was surprised to read Laura S.’ review about the great service on the 6^th floor in the running section — the children’s floor was so very different. I am so interested that I plan to go back to the running section — I’ll keep you posted!

Oh dear dear… How unlucky I was to start speaking a non-​pro sales assistant about running gear…
The store (6^th floor all the way) has great selection of running shoes and they will also measure your arch, assess your running style on the treadmill that’s just right there — in the store! They will film you running and explain what your posture is like, and if it needs correction, will advise you on an appropriate running shoe.
That’s the store where I bought my running shoes for the marathon — I honestly thought that knee pain is standard for runners, until I came up to the 6^th floor of Lilywhites.
But! Massive drawback is customer service. If you are to buy good gear — make sure you speak to a senior shop floor assisstant, otherwise you’d be like me — explaining what do they have in stock to the salesperson, instead of other way around.
I like their outdoor section — people there do know their stuff and they wouldn’t purposefully roam around the shopfloor doing what I call ‘discovery selling’ — where they don’t know what they’ve got and trying to secretely read the tag of an item and then quote it to you as if they knew it all the way.
My approach to buying exercise gear would be — go to Lilywhites, try to find a professional who’d advise you on your gear. Then go online and do some additional research. Then again — go online and buy your gear, or go back to Lilywhites if you know they’ve got what you need.