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Article: Allen-Edmonds plans to cut 8% of work force 40 jobs to be cut, mostly; at Port Washington plant
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2008
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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 ...