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For me, there is always something fun and interesting about plowing through a volume of the city directories that were published for this region from the 1860s until the early 1980s. For this column, ...

Cobbler Concierge, a new fashion-tech startup led by Pettus Randall, is part of a growing community leveraging technology to provide the professional woman a convenient way to get expert services. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may ask, How did two women get into this male dominated business? Owner Tawna Irvine and her colleague Tammy Orr worked for Phelps Shoes for 25 years, until the family wanted to retire. Tawna ...

Alexandria Shoe Repair, 124 N. Fayette St., Alexandria; 703-549-8133. The oldest continually operating shoe repair in Virginia opened in 1896 and still draws them in with reasonable prices, ...

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 ...