WordNet
shoe industry
n. an industry that manufactures and sells shoes
Usage examples of "shoe industry".
Nevertheless, at the time of the passage of the Sherman Act, a pre-automotive period, the entire petroleum industry amounted to less than one percent of the Gross National Product and was barely one-third as large as the shoe industry.
Francine was wearing a new pair, which supported Cynthia's theory that after foot-binding was outlawed in China, all the Chinese makers of women's shoes had emigrated and infiltrated the West's shoe industry.
I had spent my life learning how to run a company that makes machines for the shoe industry, with a little time out to be a captain in War One, and to be a weekend warrior between warsI knew I was out of my league as a division commander.