In addition to footwear, Bob Wulf repairs zippers on clothing such as jackets, overalls, handbags and hoodies.

How did this business get started? Ramon Reyes, 45, is repairing soles one shoe at a time at Da Boot Shop, a full-service shoe and boot repair shop he founded in Fayetteville in 1996. “We are a family ...

It’s a familiar tale. Your best hiking boots have started to show signs of wear but you’re not ready to say goodbye. They’ve been with you through thick bog and thin cloud; climbed the highest ...

Almost 50 years ago, Dave Page — then a professor of American history at the University of Washington and Western Washington University — was bouldering with his girlfriend on a beach in California.