Shoe Tree and Thera-Ped Store: A New Take on Adage; "When Shoe Fits, Wear It."

Jon Andrews is an unique breed of entrepreneur and business person whose Main Street store draws customers from all over the Maritimes. Customers looking for a large selection of leading brand name products and personal fitting service from a staff that knows their soles find what they are looking for at the Shoe Tree.

Walk into the brightly lit and colourful displays in Shoe Tree store on any shopping day and you will encounter Jon and his retail staff of Karina Thebeau, Connie Theriault, and Claudette Melanson.

Step into the Thera-Ped pod off the showroom and there Jon's daughter, Alison Smith, and Canadian Certified Pedorthist Deny Dallaire are carefully measuring clients for the custom insert that addresses a customer's particular foot and stature condition.

Now, with the addition of Thera-Ped and his daughter's passion for relieving people of unnecessary discomfort when standing or walking, the combined offering is a solid one - two punch in footwear retailing.

As this business profile reveals about the store and staff, there is a lifetime of experience and expertise behind the growth and success of the Shoe Tree. Coming on now is the second generation retailer in Alison's management of the Thera-Ped outlet.

As a popular community member, Jon is always in demand to chair an event or bring his considerable repertoire of humorous stories, jokes, and quick wit honed on appreciative audiences for over 25 years of retailing to bear on any occasion. Recently, the out-going Mayor of Moncton was roasted with jokes, stories and veiled barbs by friends and some faux friends with Jon as the appreciative host for the evening tying all the comments together with dry observations.

Jon is immediate Past President of the Moncton West Rotary Club, Downtown Moncton Inc., and is above all else, a passionate sailor and member of the Pt du Chene Yacht Club.

It is Moncton store retailers like Jon Andrews, as they expand store product inventory and who are always looking for new ways to add value and attract new customers that make Moncton, the place to shop in Atlantic Canada.

To gain a better appreciation of Jon Andrews and daughter Alison's development of their selling soles business, the following business profile is updated from it first publishing as part of a special business profile of the Shoe Tree, as a former commercial supplement in the Moncton Timers and Transcript newspaper.

The Shoe Tree & Thera-Ped : "A Father / Daughter Success Story

A comfortable pair of shoes is of paramount importance to the well-being of the whole body and as a basic necessity, we owe it to ourselves to seek out the very best in footwear.

As Jon Andrews, owner of The Shoe Tree, explains, The human foot contains twenty-six bones and a large accumulation of nerve endings connected to every major organ in the human body, so when our feet hurt, the whole person is affected. Indeed, people today work and play harder with longer hours spent on their feet and consequently they demand greater comfort and durability from their footwear.

The Shoe Tree, located in Highfield Square, carries on an excellent tradition of providing well-crafted shoes that not only symbolize fashion and good taste, but also employ the latest in science and technology. In order to offer comfortable and functional footwear, a high premium is placed on manufacturing and design that they become a perfect blend of form and function.

Catering to the consumer's need to look and feel good, The Shoe Tree has consistently searched the world to bring to the customer the very best in footwear manufactured to strict quality control. They carry such diverse brands as Clarks shoes from England, Rockport shoes from the U.S., Mephisto footwear from France, Joseph Siebel, Rieker. and Birkenstock sandals from Germany, Naot footwear from Israel, and Bostonian shoes with soles and styles from Italy. Saucony running shoes is their brand of choice for the exercise market, running, walking or simply working out.

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