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.

The grown-up customers walk in clutching their grown-up wallets and purses, wearing their grown-up suits and work uniforms, talking their grown-up talk about the kids and the job. They leave pouting, ...

The shoe repair trade has shrunk dramatically. Longtime craftsmen note that their number has been halved in the past couple of decades, even as Greater Sacramento has added 600,000 sets of feet. The ...

RAPID CITY - In an era of disposable consumer goods, most people buy new shoes rather than getting the old ones repaired. But Bob's Shoe Repair in downtown Rapid City does a brisk business stitching, ...

Late last week, Sung Kim sat on a low chair and used a box cutter to deftly trim a leather insole he had previously glued to a woman's rope sandal. Satisfied with the job, he put the sandal and its ...

His parents told Adam Rud not to do it and he had every intention of following their advice. But opportunity can change a person's mind. "Dad told me not to get into the business," Rud said. His ...