Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Collective Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending October 30, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Douglas G. Boessen, Division Senior Vice President — Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)		The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)		The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: December 2, 2010