Swiss shoemaker On’s newest kicks—the LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper—are laceless shoes with a single-piece, stretchy, ...

Have you ever had a custom-made shoe? If you lived in a previous century you likely would have. Prior to 1859, when American engineer Lyman Blake invented a sole-sewing machine, shoe-making was ...

Ben Wynne of Intrepid Automation faces the difficulties of 3D printing as a production method in manufacturing.

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] ...

In the open studio of a renovated 36,000-square-foot factory in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, a series of Shima Seiki automated knitting machines emit quick, whirring sounds. Around the machines, automated ...

President Trump’s escalation on Wednesday with the announcement of sweeping reciprocal tariffs have sparked a lot of questions and concerns among the footwear industry. One of these questions that are ...

The most decorated track and field athlete in history co-founded Saysh and designed the first running shoes made specifically ...

The executive director of Made in Old Town, the shoe manufacturing project that’s struggled to deliver on the promises it ...

Sneakers are a complicated business. According to Nike NKE, 23 is the magic number for their footwear products. With sustainability at the forefront of brands' production, that number means more waste ...