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 ...

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] ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

As part of a series on Communist China’s 70th anniversary, Marketplace’s China correspondent Jennifer Pak and Shanghai bureau news assistant, Charles Zhang, spoke to people in the country’s shoe ...

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 ...

There are some new kicks in town, and they're giving people who love quality leather sneakers a reason to kick up their heels. Opie Way, a new footwear micro-manufacturing company, is geared up to ...

Local leather and footwear manufacturers have appealed to the government to take urgent steps to rescue the country's shoe industry from what they describe as an imminent collapse.They warned that the ...