Paul Grangaard

A great thing about the record sales growth at Allen Edmonds since the “Great Recession” is that we have roughly doubled manufacturing employment at our Wisconsin factory. When a new hire tells you, “This job is the difference between my daughter going to college and not going to college,” that's a good feeling. With new stores across the country, burgeoning online business and, most important, the amazing loyalty of our customers … our U.S. employment is now the highest it has been in our company's 91 year history.