Summitz Footwear Inc., located in Henderson, uses advanced automation and three robotic arms to manufacture shoes.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Crafting the latest trends in global footwear used to be the pride of U.S. shoe industry workers, but most of those jobs left long ago for Asia. Now, the American sneaker ...

In the open studio of a renovated 36,000-square-foot factory in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, a series of Shima Seiki automated knitting machines emit quick, whirring sounds. Around the machines, automated ...

Sustainable sneaker brand Psudo is trying to crack the code on minimizing production waste. And it’s doing it while staying locally made. The company, which launched in 2020, opened a 5,000-sq.-ft ...

In April 2021, Alan Guyan, Kevin Fisher and Trey Hentz began locking themselves in a studio next to Guyan’s garage in Annapolis and tried to figure out how to start a new shoe company. Ten months ...

With the Trump administration’s goal of bringing back manufacturing jobs, we look back at why a recent attempt by Nike to move sneaker production to North America didn’t work. The Trump administration ...