Article: Allen-Edmonds plans to cut 8% of work force 40 jobs to be cut, mostly; at Port Washington plant

Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp. has eliminated 40 jobs, or 8% of its work force, mostly in shoe manufacturing at the Port Washington plant.

Chief Executive Officer Paul Grangaard said the job cuts were the result of reduced sales of shoes in this economy.

"It's significant," Grangaard said of the sales slump. "There's also a fashion trend that's been working against us."

Demand for leather-bottom shoes, which make up most of the company's styles, has declined as men turn more to rubber-bottom footwear.

Allen-Edmonds will introduce a new line of rubber-bottom shoes this winter, made at its plant in Lewiston, Maine.

Next fall, the company plans to roll out another new line of shoes with rubber ...

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