It's a sad, but true fact of wearing heels: Scuff marks and tears are inevitable on a favorite, well-worn pair. It can be especially disappointing if you pull them out of your closet for a formal ...

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 ...

At least someone’s making money in this economy. As New Yorkers cut back on spending and cobble together their cash, the city’s shoe repair stores are getting an unexpected boost. “It’s getting better ...

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 ...

Carolyn Blair is the millennial CEO behind Cobbler Concierge, an on demand leather goods repair service that allows users to schedule pickup and delivery from their phone. With Cobbler Concierge, ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images At 5'10", I'm not a big fan of wearing heels. My distaste for vertiginous ...