Red Wing, Iconic U.S. Shoe Maker, Labors Mightily to Bring Production Home
https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-wing-iconic-u-s-shoe-maker-labors-mightily-to-bring-production-home-11562942199 [www.wsj.com]
2019-07-12 14:56
Yet in a sign of how hard it can be to reverse the tide of globalization, when Red Wing decided to introduce a new line of work boots here, the process took more than two years.
When the Ohio-based maker of Red Wing’s Taslan shoelaces closed in the early 2000s, two Red Wing design team members spent months teaching other vendors old-school methods for making laces, dissecting vintage laces and testing ways to texture nylon yarns and weave patterns.