Tag: Shoes
Meet the Makers: Moment of ingenuity helped Mearthane to continue rolling
In more ways than one, Cranston-based Mear-thane Products Corp. has proved to be the ultimate spinoff company over the last 60 years.
The company was...
Meet the Makers: Moment of ingenuity helped Mearthane to continue rolling
(Editor’s note: This is the 36th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Berk’s Shoes & Clothing closing after 50 years in business
PROVIDENCE – A longtime shoe and clothing store is closing its doors for good.
In a note to its customers on the front door...
Villanova kickstarting shoe business with new storefront
In 2018, Jay Villanova decided to pursue his passion for shoes professionally and launched Casino Kicks.
Villanova, who is a dealer at the casino at...
Enos gets a real kick out of selling hard-to-get sneakers
To the uninitiated, shelling out a half-week’s pay or more on a pair of sneakers is a tough sell. But for “sneakerheads,” a subculture...
Dash makes swift entry in shoe sales
Joshua Swift is his own target audience: a recreational runner sick of paying too much for fancy running shoes from brand-name companies.
And he figured...













