Word Association

Stanley Eisenman shoots from the hip.

Customers: Lifeblood

Service: Preeminent

Shoes: All-consuming

Texas: Home

Still, the day will come when Eisenman will choose to either sell or close the business. He pegs it at about five years from now. Until then, it’s business as usual at Stanley Eisenman Shoes. “I still have some fight in me, and I still have some good ideas,” he says, adding that Fort Worth is the fastest-growing city in the U.S. and cause for great optimism. “We’re seeing a steady stream of new customers, and so long as we treat them right, they’ll come back.” •

Shoe Dog: I’m just one of many

Comfort: Always a key to our merchandise

DTC: Not my favorite industry development

Partnership: Crucial

On: Good while it lasted

Employees: Everything

Best decision: Hiring great personnel

Remember this: Holding my dad’s 90th birthday party in our store

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