“You can find good shoes for the same price that you’re buying cheap shoes,” said Randy Lipson, a third-generation cobbler and owner of Cobblestone Shoe Repair in St. Louis. Protecting and taking care ...

If this sounds like another world, it is. “At the height of the cobbler industry during the Great Depression, there were 120,000 shoe repair shops in the U.S.,” said Jim McFarland, known as ...

Recently, I walked into Danel Shoe Repair in midtown Manhattan with a pair of shoes whose heels had completely imploded. Alex Plishtiev, the owner, took one look and quoted me a price: $20.

France had 50,000 shoe repair shops. By 2023, only 3,500 survived. In an effort to keep shoes out of landfills, Veja is all ...

“You can find good shoes for the same price that you’re buying cheap shoes,” said Randy Lipson, a third-generation cobbler and owner of Cobblestone Shoe Repair in St. Louis. Protecting and ...