Gavigan began apprenticing with a local shoe repair person, and eventually opened up his own shop on Elmwood called Sole Man. Since opening, Gavigan has learned the ropes quickly, and efficiently.

Shoes made of cheap materials or those with molded rubber soles, which includes many types of sneakers, can be more difficult to repair, said Jim McFarland, whose family has been in the cobbler ...

Regardless, Daubenspeck and a handful of other cobblers are proof that shoe repair is alive and kicking here. Apart from smaller-scale shops, Daubenspeck knows just a few other full-time businesses in ...

If the soles are ruined, on the other hand ... That's why finding a good shoe repair shop is a simple and easy trick for saving money. You can see Business Insider and Yelp's ranking of the ...

Shoe repair may be what the business markets itself ... He said he’s playing around with different names right now, but “sole healer” has a certain ring to it.