As products have gotten less expensive and more disposable, many traditional repair industries have withered away. Against all odds, shoe repair has retained a tenuous foothold. More than 50 ...

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From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Friday, David Yushubayev sits in a chair at Markell’s Shoe Repair with the door open, waiting for customers to pick up the shoes they left behind in March. Shoes in ...

David Wayne Clarence knew before he and his wife, Hollie Ryan, went into the shoe repair business that they were not exactly getting into what most people today think of as a growth industry. Clarence ...