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 ...

Shoe repair is one of those areas that feels likes the domain of shoe specialists and cobblers only. And, to be fair, that is often still the case. If your shoes looks like they're worse for wear, ...

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 ...

EUSTIS — Customers felt as comfortable as an old shoe at Robert Dunston’s cluttered shop, where they could always count on a cheerful greeting to go with quality service. The 86-year-old practiced a ...

"I started doing this for $2/hour." That was 1978 when Jeff Evans first got into the shoe repair business. His mentor had given him an ultimatum at that point — work for 30 days and get a raise or get ...