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 ...

EUSTIS — Customers felt as comfortable as an old shoe at Robert Dunston’s cluttered shop, where they could always count on a cheerful greeting to go with quality service. The 86-year-old practiced a ...

Mark Benson gripped the tops of a pair of leopard print heels, black shoe polish stains under his fingernails. He raised a gnarled heel below the frames of his oversized glasses, tilting it back and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...