Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retail and manufacturing innovations continue to reach new heights, but one element remains at the core of footwear: fit.

VANCOUVER, Wash. — It was a tough time, back on March 24. When The Shoe Fits had just closed its four stores, and laid off nearly 25 employees. "We had to figure out what our best moves were to be," ...

Most of the time, sports podiatrist Rob Conenello, D.P.M., sees patients in his offices in Orangeburg, N.Y. There, he can take X-rays, relieve pain with treatments like injections and shockwave ...