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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedLOOMING LARGE; WITH HER SHOP AND COMPANION WEBSITE, A BOSTON-BASED RETAILER IS ON A MISSION TO CONVINCE SHOE VENDORS TO TAKE A BIGGER RISK ON BIGGER SIZES.(Designer Shoes)
Footwear News, July, 2004
Byline: Natalie Zmuda
Name: Designer Shoes, Designershoes.com
Location: 125 Newbury St., 4th Floor, Boston
Square Footage: 1,000
Established: August 1997
Owner: Barbara Thornton
Manager: Nancy Walls
Footwear brands: Via Spiga, Anne Klein, Valentina, J. Renee, Ros Hommerson, Naturalizer, Moda, Kimel, Steve Madden
It all began innocently enough at a Harvard business school graduation party in May 1995, when Barbara Thornton asked Stanley Kravetz, then a Frye executive, why so few firms made shoes large enough to fit her size 11 1/2 feet. His response -- "Why don't you?" -- stuck in Thornton's head. So after working at a local shoe store and contacting former Footwear News editor Dick...
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