Maybe this is one reason so many of their employees start their careers here and stay through retirement.įor their Centennial Anniversary celebration, they built the world’s largest boot (a whopping size 638 ½) and placed it in their museum just down the street from their manufacturing plant and tannery. The classic, old-time feel is one that is just good for the soul.
The independent shoe store I worked for was stocked with many leather styles, and there were some mornings that unlocking the door and breathing in could calm even the most frayed nerves. One of the first senses that comes to my mind when I picture the Red Wing Manufacturing Facility is how welcoming the smell of all of the different leathers must be. In this particular case, you are able to get quality and quantity because they have perfected their manufacturing practices after 115 years in business. This number might seem a bit odd for the hands-on approach that is given to these styles but keep in mind that part of their system is that a shoe has to be inspected two separate times before being carefully placed away in a box and sent out to the customer to enjoy by a trained finishing team with a keen eye for details. For those of us who don’t like to do math in our heads, that’s roughly 5,000 pairs in a day. The Minnesota plant can produce up to 25,000 pairs of shoes a week. A unique perspective to have as there are definitely different shoe styles needed for sidewalks and ranches. This gives them a great feel for what the urban and rural customers are needing out of their footwear. Their main headquarters at 314 Main Street in Red Wing, Minnesota, still sits in the middle of a town with a population of just around 16,000 people and is just about an hour and a half outside of Minneapolis (which happens to be the most populous state in Minnesota). Red Wing has continued to build on these core values and remains a major force in today’s shoe industry. He believed in hard work and integrity and felt that the American worker needed a shoe that reflected these values. Founder Charles Beckman wanted to form a brand of products that would be a quality investment for all customers and make an impact in their lives with each new pair. First and foremost is that they are an American icon of a brand that has been around since 1905 that all began in their namesake town, Red Wing, Minnesota. When you hear the name Red Wing, there are many things that come to mind.
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