He took over an empty factory in Bredebro and began making shoes in 1963.
Alexander McQueen, one of the Gucci group's acclaimed designers, has been making shoes for Puma since 2005.
The good supply of raw materials - leather for making shoes - and its good geographic location, allowing easy access to Europe and the rest of Africa, were also factors.
But for many years it produced for the private-label market, making shoes that were sold in smart stores like Saks Fifth Avenue in New York and Harrods in London, under the stores' own names.
She went behind the scenes to meet the horses and speak to the farrier making their shoes.
But Nike knew it could not improve physical activity by making more shoes.
Cindy McCombe tells the story of how Matthew Walzer, a 17-year-old with cerebral palsy, used social media and key influencers to make his message go viral, and how Nike responded by making custom shoes for him.
It is thanks to companies like these that Italy still exports more food-processing machines, washing machines, fridges, shoes and shoe-making machines, ski boots, ceramic tiles, jewels, woollen and silk clothes, radiators and boilers, optical frames and neck-ties than any other country in the world.
Hot meals, food vouchers, subsidised shoes and uniforms and even making child-welfare payments conditional on attendance all help.
The two of them were obsessed with making better athletic shoes.
They then recommend ways to use the information, like making all the shoes displayed on the Monday home page black (and coaxing the company to make sure that suppliers are clued in).
Now 52, at that time he had been in the firm for about five years and had worked on the shopfloor, learning every job that went into the making of luxury shoes.
The coach, Bill Bowerman, is a track and field legend in his own right (the shoes we see him painstakingly making for his runners throughout the movie were the beginnings of a little company he founded called Nike).
Mr. JONES: You know, I kept thinking of manual labor, like, making sandwiches or fixing shoes.
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But without it, there will be no burgeoning of the job-creating factories that India needs, making clothes, handicrafts, shoes, processed food and so on.
The major Chinese athletic company which makes athletic shoes and sporting goods has been proactive in making an imprint in the United States.
But a more generic search, say for "shoes, " could be entered as "red shoes, " "women's shoes" or "high heels, " making it harder to track.
The decisions they are making now--move beyond footwear? sell shoes under other brand names? place a big bet overseas?
For example, just a few months ago the FTC successfully settled an action against Skechers USA, which it had accused of making false claims about the body toning effects of its shoes.
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Now China is making inroads into such labour-intensive sectors as textiles, shoes and toys, too.
Most people can manage symptoms by layering clothing and making sure to wear warm gloves, socks, and and shoes.
So if I were in Obama's shoes, I would have the Democratic National Committee develop a focused campaign aimed at making Cheneyism synonomous with Republicanism well before the election silly season gets into full swing.
My father must have hummed a tune as I stood on his shoes and he waltzed me, but what I remember are the giant steps I was suddenly making.
While the silhouette of a stiletto looks infinitely more stylish and commanding than a running shoe or thong sandal, professional women making their way into office-buildings in cities and suburbs across the country in comfortable shoes have the right idea.
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