1.   After all, his company had an on-site gym, dry cleaner, post office and shoe repair business.

2.   Casual Male thought its hard times were behind it when it completed the sale of its low-margin shoe business to Footstar Inc. earlier this year.

3.   Claudine Leith, a spokeswoman for Niketown, said the impact on their clothes and shoes business was negligible.

4.   Cole was raised in the shoe business.

5.   Earlier this year, Casual Male exited the shoe business completely, selling its licensed footwear business.

6.   Investors and analysts remained unconvinced that Jones Apparel would find success in the shoe business, which is commonly thought to be even more complicated to manage than apparel.

7.   John Jr., over the objections of his father, quickly eliminated the shoe business and turned his attention to boots.

8.   Mrs. Rogers is retired from a candy factory, and her husband, now dead, owned a shoe repair business.

9.   Outsiders are also being considered, but the shoe business is not the kind of industry that usually brings star candidates beating down the doors.

10.   Sometimes it helps to have a relative in the shoe business.