Nebraska flooding: Woman buys out entire Payless store to donate shoes to Nebraska flood victims - CBS News |
- Nebraska flooding: Woman buys out entire Payless store to donate shoes to Nebraska flood victims - CBS News
- Kansas woman buys out closing Payless shoe store for Nebraska flood victims - Kearney Hub
- Iconic Shoe Designer Stuart Weitzman Recalls His Start In Haverhill - WBUR
- You Can Get Amazon’s Best-selling Walking Shoes for As Little As $34 Right Now - Travel+Leisure
- Downriver shoe store closing its doors after 72 years in business - Detroit Free Press
| Posted: 02 Apr 2019 10:36 PM PDT Addy Tritt went into her local Payless shoe store in Hays, Kansas, and bought out the store. Then, the 25-year-old donated the shoes. The recent graduate of Kansas' Fort Hays State noticed Payless was going out of business and offered to buy the shoes it had left. Tritt said she spent two hours on the phone with the corporate office and was able to negotiate a deal, paying only $100 for 204 pair of shoes valued at around $6,000. Tritt then gave the shoes to people impacted by the recent Nebraska floods. "I wanted them to go to people who actually needed them," Tritt told CBS News Tuesday. Of the 204 pair Tritt purchased, 162 were baby shoes, two were men's shoes and the rest were women's, according to the The Associated Press. The shoes were part of a flood relief shipment taken to Nebraska farmers by FHSU's agriculture sorority Sigma Alpha last weekend, the AP said.  "Any shoes are better than wet shoes," Tritt said, adding that she's donated and volunteered many other times, and says she wants to continue helping people for the rest of her life. "If people feel lost, they should try volunteering and donating. It gives me such fulfillment and I want others to feel the way I do," Tritt said.  Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts said farmers are bearing the brunt of "the most widespread destruction we have ever seen in our state's history." The floods have been nothing short of catastrophic: At least three people have died, and it's estimated that farm losses could top $1 billion. Tritt's small act of kindness offered a bright light in an otherwise devastating situation.  |
| Kansas woman buys out closing Payless shoe store for Nebraska flood victims - Kearney Hub Posted: 03 Apr 2019 06:30 AM PDT  HAYS, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman donated 204 pairs of shoes to Nebraska flood victims after buying everything that was left at a closing Payless store. The Hays Post reports the shoes were part of a flood relief shipment taken to farmers in Nebraska by Fort Hays State's agriculture sorority, Sigma Alpha, during the weekend. A graduate of Fort Hays State, Addy Tritt, said she wanted to help others because so many people have helped her in the past. When the price at a Hays store dropped to $1 per pair, Tritt negotiated with the business to buy the remaining shoes for $100. They included 162 pairs of baby shoes and two pairs of men's shoes. The rest were women's shoes. The retail price of the shoes would have been more than $6,000. ——— Information from: KAYS-AM, http://hayspost.com  |
| Iconic Shoe Designer Stuart Weitzman Recalls His Start In Haverhill - WBUR Posted: 03 Apr 2019 08:04 AM PDT  The Robert Frost poem "The Road Not Taken" has been central for Stuart Weitzman's global shoe empire. Frost's poem presents two roads in the woods and the narrator embarks down, as the title suggests, the one most people forego. On Tuesday evening, Weitzman spoke to a crowd at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design about his business and its longevity, which he attributes to going against the fashion industry's conventional wisdom and, simply, trusting his gut. "It's the way I ran my business and a bit of my life, too," Weitzman said, in an individual interview, of Frost's poem. This instinctive decision making is evident in decisions like providing shoes to television actresses. Years ago, an associate suggested Weitzman forego providing custom shoes for television stars and focus solely on movie stars, with more hollywood caché. His high-end shoes were wasted on low-level television stars, argued the associate. Weitzman resisted. Instead, he provided shoes to then television actress Meghan Markle, long before she was a world-famous duchess. "You just never know where people end up," he said. "Nobody could have ever imagined Meghan would end up where she is now." Michelle Obama, Kendall Jenner, and Selena Gomez are other A-list stars who've been photographed in Stuart Weitzmans. Beyonce said in a video honoring Weitzman's lifetime achievement that she "literally danced a million miles in his beautiful shoes." Throughout his decades in a fleeting industry, Weitzman has managed to stay relevant in a fast-paced and unforgiving industry. Today, his shoes are sold in more than 70 countries. In February, officials from the University of Pennsylvania announced the School of Design was taking Weitzman's name. He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1963. You can find Stuart Weitzman shops inside luxury malls or on glamorous streets like 5th Avenue in New York City, but the designer's roots go back to Haverhill, Massachusetts, once a booming shoe factory town. It was in the 1960s when Weitzman started making shoes at his father's Haverhill shoe factory, Seymour Shoes. "I can say that was my schooling because this is where I learned shoemaking," Weitzman said. Wietzman worked with his father until he died. Then he continued to work with his brother at the factory and spent 12 years selling the shoes and learning how to manufacture a product with consistency and quality. "It's a very technical industry," he added. "It's not like making a shirt or a dress that you can take in or let out." Seymour Shoes is also the place Weitzman figured out what kind of product he wanted to sell and crafted a plan to slowly build a business. "I was building a business a little bit at a time, and I always felt it didn't matter how slow I was going as long as I kept going," he said. "I found a niche that opened the door to take the company, first nation wide, then worldwide." The turning point for Stuart Weitzman, the company, was when Mulholland Drive actress Laura Harring walked the red carpet at the Academy Awards in the "Million Dollar sandals," the heels of which were adorned with 464 diamonds. As the name suggests, the shoes were valued at $1 million. "This opened the door to introduce our shoes to the best retailers around the world," he said. "We were playing the game." Weitzman then became known for comfortable, stylish women's shoes — shoes a lawyer could put on for either work or a wedding and feel she was wearing something beautiful. After some 60 years in the shoe business, Weitzman will fully retire at the end of the year from his position as Chairman Emeritus of the company, which he first sold in 2013. For the next generation of designers, Weitzman implores them to stay imaginative and prioritize strategic partnerships. His wildly successful run is due, in part, to his work with creative luminaries, such as photographer Mario Testino and late architect Zaha Hadid. Imagination is most important, he said. One doesn't have to work in fashion — or even be interested in it — to glean wisdom from Weitzman's career. "People can look to him and see the ways he sought opportunity," said Sondra Grace, who chairs the Fashion Department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. "Shoes happen to be an everyday product, but he made them part of an ensemble."  |
| You Can Get Amazon’s Best-selling Walking Shoes for As Little As $34 Right Now - Travel+Leisure Posted: 02 Apr 2019 02:46 AM PDT  this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.  |
| Downriver shoe store closing its doors after 72 years in business - Detroit Free Press Posted: 01 Apr 2019 08:59 AM PDT Margaret McLinden Salyers remembers her father measuring her feet as a little girl at the family shoe shop, McLinden's Shoes. She worked behind the counter as a teenager. Later, she became an owner, helping generations of families from Downriver and beyond find the perfect pair. This week marks another milestone. Salyers has decided to retire, so she is selling off the 72-year-old store's inventory and fixtures and putting the building up for sale. The liquidation sale starts Thursday. "There's a lot of emotions. It's been part of my life forever," she said. McLinden's, at 13672 Fort St., still has many loyal customers, and business is solid. But a changing retail landscape has meant more people are turning to online retailers for special-order shoes, something that once comprised about 20% of the shop's business. Salyers has always loved the challenge of helping people with foot problems find a well-fitting pair of shoes. "Our whole concept is sit-and-fit, one-on-one, personal service," she said. "We know the products. Knowing your size is not enough." Salyers' father and uncle, John and Archie McLinden, started McLinden's in 1947 as a shoe repair shop in Wyandotte. They eventually began selling shoes. The brothers relocated in 1956 to a spot on Fort Street in what was then called Ecorse Township. The area was mainly farmland. They then moved in 1964 to a bigger building across the street, where the shop has operated ever since. Salyers owns the business with two siblings, Patricia Trapani and David McLinden, and runs the day-to-day operations. She said she wants to spend more time with her grandchild, a key factor in her decision to retire. McLinden's made the announcement Sunday on its Facebook page. "Over the last 7 decades, we have fit hundreds of thousands of babies into their first pair of walking shoes, and have helped a comparable number of children find a perfect fit for their new school shoes each August. Many adults as well have enjoyed our one on one customer service and fitting expertise for nearly ¾ of a century," the Facebook post read. "We are grateful to have fit more than 4 generations of Michiganders, and look forward to seeing you all again as we bring this bittersweet chapter to its conclusion." McLinden's Shoes will be closed for a few days in preparation for the "huge retirement sale" that kicks off at 10 a.m. Thursday. Thousands of pairs of shoes and accessories, plus all store fixtures and displays, will be sold at a discount. "We have beautiful oak chairs. A lot of old memorabilia; we have a 1947 cash register," Salyers said. "A lot of antique, old shoe repair equipment. Shoes and the fixtures and a lot of racks." Even the brand-new products recently shipped to the store, including New Balance tennis shoes and Rockport sandals, will be part of the sale. So will the window decorations that Salyers and her staff put up every year around Christmas and other holidays. On Monday, signs that read "store closing" and "retirement sale" filled the windows. More:Cedar Point offering unlimited admission More:St. Sebastian school closing after 65 years Read or Share this story: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2019/04/01/mclindens-shoes-southgate-closing/3331177002/  |
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