Manufacturers seek many of the same objectives, but the main goal is typically to produce the best products possible at the lowest costs. Individual sectors within the manufacturing industry seek ...

Footwear manufacturing the world over has evolved from a cobbler’s craft to a massive industry, with key sourcing countries presenting unique offerings and their own spin on the shoe. From China to ...

Mass produced shoes are creating waste, ending up in landfill and damaging our feet. Custom 3D printed shoes are the answer, says the co-founder of Vivobarefoot.

When ComunityMade founders Sean and Shannon Scott first developed the vision for their Los Angeles-based footwear manufacturing shop, they knew they were venturing into uncharted territory. Veterans ...

Dozens of workers at a shoe factory in southern China’s Dongguan city glue, sew and buff foam slippers and canvas shoes. They punch every hole and lace every shoe by hand. “Every lacing is [done] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After decades of empty factories, Los Angeles has regained its status as a hotbed for fashion and footwear design and production, ...

Have you ever had a custom-made shoe? If you lived in a previous century you likely would have. Prior to 1859, when American engineer Lyman Blake invented a sole-sewing machine, shoe-making was ...

Sports equipment manufacturer Reebok is bringing some of its shoemaking back to the United States, unveiling plans to open a new manufacturing lab next year using innovative liquid material and 3-D ...

Chinese shoe maker Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd. said its gross profit and gross profit margins for its manufacturing operations fell due to uneven production across its various plants. For the ...

Sixteen years after Dexter Shoe Co. closed, shoe manufacturing might be coming back to Maine — in the form of $325 hand-sewn penny loafers. MaineSole — co-founded by Dick Hall, former vice president ...