In some Chinese shoe factories, winter is glue poisoning season. With the windows shut, benzene, and other toxic volatile chemicals in glue are more likely to make people sick. Even with adequate ...

Founded in 1937, and today adorning millions of soles, Vibram rubber is an industry standard. A new service from the company, the Vibram Sole Factor, offers custom cobbling to repair or redo rubber ...

Thousands of miles across rugged terrain in the backcountry can quickly wear out a shoe’s sole — but instead of replacing an entire pair of shoes that are in otherwise good condition, why not just ...

At Shoes for Crews’ closet-sized lab in its penthouse office, Chief Executive Matt Smith oversees a demonstration of the skid-proof rubber soles invented by his company. An executive slathers Crisco ...

While it's nice to own multiple styles of shoes, each one of the things has a rubber sole that will ultimately end up in the landfill. Made2Share shoes are different – they incorporate a single set of ...

Rubber is one of those materials that is as ubiquitous as it is misunderstood. From pencil erasers, to SodaStream gaskets, to the soles of sneakers, rubber is almost everywhere, but few of us know ...

British menswear is synonymous with hearty wools and spongey tweeds, but there is another native-made component that’s just as quintessentially Anglo yet the recipient of far less attention: the ...