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TRIAL AND ERROR: Alejandro Martinez, Mearthane Products Corp.’s marketing director, shows some experimental moldings in the company’s development lab inside its Cranston headquarters. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
TRIAL AND ERROR: Alejandro Martinez, Mearthane Products Corp.’s marketing director, shows some experimental moldings in the company’s development lab inside its Cranston headquarters. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
GIANT STEP: Jay Villanova began his Casino Kicks shoe business on Instagram in 2018 and last December opened a brick-and-mortar store in Johnston. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
SCARCE SNEAKERS: Legit Sneakerheads LLC owner Ryan Enos resells rare, expensive sneakers out of his Woonsocket shop. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
NEW SHOES: Joshua Swift, left, and David Maceroni, in their East Providence warehouse where they receive and ship out shoes for their new company, Dash Running LLC. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
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