Footprints Fashion Footwear

David Cohen and his wife Jerilyn decided to start a business in order to spend more time together, a shoe store was a natural decision. In 1979 they opened Footprints, a 420-square-foot shop specializing in women's hard-to-find sizes.

In the beginning. David kept his job with the state, helping with the business at night, while Jerilyn ran the store during the day. He gave his wife three days training in shoe sales and then asked his mother to help with the operations. Eventually his father joined in the effort along with both of Jerilyn's parents. David's two sons, Scott and his brother, were always on call.

Scott Cohen is now vice president of the 30,000-square-foot super store that specializes in therapeutic footwear, custom and OTC orthoses, compression stockings, diabetic socks, and custom-molded footwear, along with hard-to-find women's sizes and a vast selection of men's, children's and orthopedic shoes, running the gamut in style.