Posts Tagged ‘Tip Top Shoes’

Meet The Tip Top Shoes Store Team: The Manager, May 13th, 2011

Tip Top Shoes has a long history rooted in providing quality footwear.   The store’s  staff is made up of a team of individuals who make comfortable footwear dreams come true everyday.It’s a little known fact that most if not all of the store team has been in footwear for a very, very  long time. Today We have the pleasure of introducing the Store Manager !

Name: My name is Harry aka Hank Sirkin Store Manager

How many year have you been working in footwear?:

I started my career in footwear on November , 8 1971 about  40 years. I have been working at Tip Top Shoes for 14 years now.
 
What is your favorite aspect about your job?:

Helping the people I work with  achieve success by providing leadership , striving to maintain  a pleasant and professional shopping environment for our customers, and also ensure that the store remains   neat, organized and efficient for both our customers and sales associates.
 
I view each day as a challenge to do better than yesterday and yesteryear. When we go ahead we all win as a team. Synergy is a key to being successful in all areas. Each day there is something new to learn and that’s how we all grow.

Favorite style or brand of shoes for men & women?: Our shoe brands i view as our children,I love them all. ” we own them, we love them, we sell them.

Do you have a funny shoe story to share with our readers?:

Funny shoe store memories, many but here’s one.  Many years ago a customer was very distressed over never being able to find shoes in her size ( size 5 ).  I took a hand truck and loaded it up with all the size 5 footwear we had in the stock room . The shocked customer first cried for a moment and burst into laughter for several  minutes. She purchased 6 pairs!

Leora Tanenbaum of “Bad Shoes & The Women Who Love Them” Featured on The TODAY Show, February 15th, 2011

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Leora Tanenbaum who launched her book “Bad Shoes & The Women Who Love Them ” at Tip Top Shoes last year was featured on the Today Show as she talks about women’s obsession with shoes.

Running Barefoot, An Alternative…, February 18th, 2010

Living in NYC , especially on the Upper west Side, one cannot ignore that the sport of running is alive and well. Most runners have their favorites brands of running sneakers  and can list the benefits to their performance, the cushionning etc. Nonetheless ,we’ve always wondered what  running was like before any footwear even existed ? Or even centuries  later when sneakers were just a sleek layer of rubber . Many studies are getting published on this topic, most recently  by Harvard on the subject of barefoot running, that you can read here.

The star shoe of the newly appointed “Barefoot Running” category for us has been Vibram Five Fingers who couples the concept of barefoot running with a sleek and modern silhouette.  You will be hearing alot about this category as this is a concept we really believe in. Click here to see the Five Finger women’s and men’s style available at tiptopshoes.com.