CLAIRE YAN Founder of Cobbler’s Suggest

摘要

Entrepreneur Claire Yan damaged a lot of pairs of shoes while running around Shanghai's rough concrete streets.When she struggled to find a dependable cobbler's shop,she drew on her marketing background to solve this problem with an app and personal delivery service that repairs shoes,bags and other leathergoods.Since founding her unique business in 2018,Cobbler's Suggest has repaired over 2,000 pairs of men’s and 13,000 pairs of women's shoes.The environmental and social benefits of her startup caught the attention of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards(CWIA),who named her as a finalist this year.We caught up with her to discuss her work and find out how to repair our favorite pair of heels.