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 ...

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ROGERS -- Worn linoleum reveals the original wood floor marking the winding path Carl Walter took around machinery and tools in his shoe repair shop for more than 30 years. Walter, 93, moved to a ...

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 ...

You may ask, How did two women get into this male dominated business? Owner Tawna Irvine and her colleague Tammy Orr worked for Phelps Shoes for 25 years, until the family wanted to retire. Tawna ...

That is fueling the stream of worn and battered sandals that daily arrive at the ReChaco work area behind Rockford's Wolverine World Wide Inc. headquarters. Soles worn thin on a repeat trip down the ...