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CATEGORY IMPERATIVE: SOME HANDSOME LEATHER FOOTWEAR FROM A GUY WITH ROOTS IN THE LOCAL SHOE BIZ

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop

His grandfather opened and operated a shoe component manufacturing company in Brockton 30 years ago. After buying a standard pair of boat shoes in college, Shuman came to the realization that things in the leathery foot sheath world had gotten stale for fellas over the years. In his eyes, the solution lay with the Millennials.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop Tagged With: boat shoes, Brockton, Category 5, Clark's, DigBoston, Gore-Tex, leather shoes, LOAFERS, millennials, puma, shoe, shoes, Sperry Top Sider, Sperry's, Subury

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