Q: Shoe Heel Wear: I run in a pair of ASICS and I wear the outside of my left heel out fast, in less than 100 miles. The rest of the shoe and the right shoe are almost as good as new, but I am going ...

The cobbler is 54, young in a business that has grown old. His only child, a son, has already told him he won’t be taking over the family business when his father retires. It’s an honorable profession ...

As products have gotten less expensive and more disposable, many traditional repair industries have withered away. Against all odds, shoe repair has retained a tenuous foothold. More than 50 ...

How did this business get started? Ramon Reyes, 45, is repairing soles one shoe at a time at Da Boot Shop, a full-service shoe and boot repair shop he founded in Fayetteville in 1996. “We are a family ...

Serene Cicora craved a new black bag last fall, but couldn’t come to terms with the $1,000-plus price tags on the styles she liked. So Cicora, an L.A. publicist, took her brown Mulberry Bayswater bag ...

Trade Names After dipping a toe in shoe-repairs in the 1930s, five generations of Cleggs have stayed in the trade, writes Rose… Trade NamesAfter dipping a toe in shoe-repairs in the 1930s, five ...

BERMUDA represents a bit of a conundrum to the shoe repairer - an ever-changing mix of those who easily throw away and those who hold onto a treasured pair of shoes forever. According to Darren Booth, ...

The telephone rings inside the tiny shoe repair shop off Central Avenue. Anna Conte quietly answers the phone hanging on the wall beside her. "Colonie Shoe Repair," she says. It's another telemarketer ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. COVID-19 is doing something the march of modern times couldn’t: Kick shoe repair shops to the curb. “After [five ...