“We will always have handsewn, but in a different price segmentation.”
shoes
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston's Quoddy Inc.: Keeping it high-end, old-school and made-to-order
LEWISTON — On the second floor of the Pepperell Mill, two dozen workers hand-make 12,000 pairs of loafers, boots and moccasins a year in an old-school factory with high ceilings and weathered wood floors for customers like Jimmy Fallon and Tom Brady. While many other shoe shops have left town — Cole Haan used to […]
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Posted inFranklin
Franklin County rescinds order for sheriff to reimburse county, shoes returned
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to rescind an order to have Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. reimburse the county $170.37 for a mailing he sent to residents of the county’s unorganized territory. Commissioners took issue with Nichols on Dec. 20 for sending the mailing and buying four pairs of nonslip shoes, one pair each […]
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County Commissioners want sheriff to reimburse county
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to have the sheriff reimburse the county for $442.87 for four pairs of shoes and a mass mailing to unorganized territory residents. Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. was not at Tuesday’s meeting but said Wednesday he is appealing the decision at the next meeting Jan. 3. Commissioners took issue […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
New Balance is a big winner in new defense bill
Maine-made New Balance shoes are likely to see additional sales to the military thanks to the inclusion of an American-made requirement in a $619 billion defense bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Thursday. “The long-awaited and hard-fought passage of this measure is a landmark victory for American shoe manufacturers, like New Balance, who will […]
Posted inSpecials
Lewiston-Auburn shoe man, Wellehan, featured on Obama’s Facebook page
LEWISTON — A well-known Lewiston-Auburn shoe store owner was featured in a video on President Obama’s Facebook page. Jim Wellehan, the owner of Lamey-Wellehan, a small Maine shoe store chain based in Auburn, was touted by Obama for paying his employees a “fair wage.” The video is a tie to Obama’s push to move the […]
Posted inMaine
Lewiston-Auburn shoe man, Wellehan, featured on Obama’s Facebook page
Post by Barack Obama. LEWISTON — A well-known Lewiston-Auburn shoe store owner is being featured in a video on President Obama’s Facebook page. Jim Wellehan, the owner of Lamey-Wellehan, a small Maine shoe store chain based in Auburn, is being touted by Obama for paying his employees a “fair wage.” The video is a tie […]
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New Pentagon policy seen as boost to New Balance
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts-based New Balance could get a boost worth tens of millions of dollars with a new Pentagon policy providing military recruits with U.S.-made sneakers. New Balance is one of the few shoe manufacturers that meet all federal requirements, said Matt LeBretton, spokesman for the company that manufactures shoes in Lawrence, Boston and […]
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Cole Haan leaving Maine as new parent consolidates operations
SCARBOROUGH — Less than a year after being acquired by a global private equity firm, Cole Haan is packing up and leaving Maine, which has been the company’s home for decades. Cole Haan is moving its corporate headquarters from Scarborough to Greenland, N.H., Kimry Blackwelder, Cole Haan’s director of public relations, told the Bangor Daily […]