Shoes are surprisingly complex things to make. It’s easy to forget all the little things that go into them: rubber, fabric, shoe laces, stitching. It adds up, and those moving parts tend to lend ...

(NNPA Newswire) – The craft of shoemaking was at one time difficult and manual work. But with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, cobblers and cordwainers cut, sewed, and tacked shoes with ...

Shoe manufacturing used to be a pretty big deal in the United States. In 1932, International Shoe was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. By the early 1940s, nearly a quarter-million Americans ...

There are some new kicks in town, and they're giving people who love quality leather sneakers a reason to kick up their heels. Opie Way, a new footwear micro-manufacturing company, is geared up to ...

After decades of empty factories, Los Angeles has regained its status as a hotbed for fashion and footwear design and production, brought on by younger consumers and their preferences for ...

In April 2021, Alan Guyan, Kevin Fisher and Trey Hentz began locking themselves in a studio next to Guyan’s garage in Annapolis and tried to figure out how to start a new shoe company. Ten months ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Nate Bek on Mar 15, 2023 at 2:14 pm ...

In the open studio of a renovated 36,000-square-foot factory in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, a series of Shima Seiki automated knitting machines emit quick, whirring sounds. Around the machines, automated ...

“Bata Belcamp,” Larry Carmichael’s new book about the history of the Bata Shoe Co. in Harford County, chronicles life in a true company town from the first half of the 20th century, one that has since ...

The world’s need for fast fashion is an ongoing contributor to many of the climate change issues we’re facing today. Environmental consulting firm Quantis International estimates that the apparel and ...

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