SALISBURY — When it came down to it, all Pat Weddington wanted was a hand-stitcher and a polisher to help with repairs he sometimes had to make to shoes he and his wife were selling on eBay.

Louie Domerese is a master cobbler who wants his customers to see a clean, modern shop when they walk in. Save the clutter, he says, for the back of the shop -- his workshop where he performs his ...

When you think about shoe cobblers, the image that comes to mind likely involves a multi-generational shop run by an old-timer hunched over a pair of brogues. For the most part, you’d be totally right ...

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 ...

Jimmy Velis is an old-school cobbler with a shop on Lovers Lane in Dallas. He and his wife Andreanna Velis run Deno's, using old school machinery and tools. Jimmy Velis is an old-school cobbler with a ...

Repair work will start next year on a 128-year-old Aberdeenshire shoemaker's shop left largely untouched for seven decades, ...

WILLMAR - When Jim Ackerman retires and closes the doors of Schiro's Shoe Repair on Thursday, it will signal the end of a business that first opened in 1922. Ackerman will have an open house with ...

AKRON, Ohio — Bob Ferguson has one of the few remaining shoe repair shops in the Akron area. On Friday, he’ll be retiring and will close the doors to the shop after more than 25 years. “Retirement is ...

Editor's Note: Worcester is celebrating its tercentennial in 2022. The Telegram & Gazette is profiling some of the oldest companies in the city over the years. WORCESTER — The phone was ringing and a ...

The hand-scrawled sign with a misspelled word taped to the door sums up the future of Joseph's Shoe Repair, a downtown Bloomington business that hasn't much changed since James Joseph set up shop ...

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — A longtime fixture of Saginaw Township's Green Acres Plaza is preparing to close its doors. Mr. Van's Shoe Repair owner Gerry Heiser, of Carrollton, has worked at the shoe ...