Not all New Balance shoes are made in America though.

Make sure there is an American flag on the side of the box and you should be okay.

I've worn them over the years, but I've always preferred
Reeboks mostly. They just fit and wear better.

I'll keep looking for New Balance, though. I do want to
support American made products.

Most athletic shoes seem to have a "one width fits all" mentality. I think Reebok has a few wide shoes, but not many. NB makes wide shoes in just about every shoe they make.

Approximately the last ten times I've bought shoes, my method has been to walk into a NB store, point to the worn-out pair on my feet, and say, "I want another pair like this one." The wide size makes a huge difference.

They are great! The are assembled in the USA from materials made elsewhere. I can live with that! Happy feet!!!

Made in USA (and UK) stance

New Balance is one of several shoe companies that makes some of their products in the United States. Green America states in the New Balance Responsible Shopper company information page that around one quarter of NB's shoes are made in the United States.[4] New Balance owns six factories in the United States: two in Massachusetts (Boston and Lawrence), three in Maine (Norridgewock, Skowhegan, and Norway), and one in California.[5][6]

In 1994, New Balance manufactured 70% of its shoes in the United States.[7] In 2006, New Balance stated on its customer help site that "approximately 25% of the New Balance shoes sold in North America are Made in the USA and we will continue domestic manufacturing." [8] According to Fortune Magazine in 2006, "about 70 percent of its shoes are now made in China and the other 5 percent in Vietnam." [9]

The New Balance production facility in the United Kingdom has been, since 1982, at Flimby, Cumbria in North West England, where 28,000 pairs of shoes are produced each week.

We just bought a couple of pair.

But what is it with you and the manuls? Pallas's Cats are beautiful - I just wondered if you have some special affinity for them.

Kidding. I like their wildness and the fact they can't be domesticated

round pupils and their general fluffy beauty

Someone down thread said they have a wide toe box. I'll give them a try.

I like the fact they have a wide toe-box. I tried replacing them with Nikes and my feet couldn't stand them -- so I ended up going back to New Balance. Now that I know my size, I just order online.

other shoes do not work well with my arch support orthodics.

I haven't lived in that area for more than 2 decades so I don't know if they are still located there.

located right next to WGBH (I pass by it almost daily).

They have a shoe outlet there too.

IT is all I wear.

Still, they are among the few, or only, running shoes(some models) that are manufactured in 2 or 3 widths. The shoes I wear are made in the USA and last a long time running on roads.

I wear the regular width but I liked the idea that if need be they made wider shoes. It has been about 30 years, yikes... Good sneakers and the prices aren't too stupid although the real nice runners can be pricey but nothing like Nike for instance, which can be insane.

998(I think) for one.
I also like NB considers pronaters, supinators and neutral arches in designing footwear for running. I wish they all were made in the USA but at least the model that suits my feet is still made here.

The expensive gray, old school, running shoes are the ones I love.

You've got to read the label.

made choices, the amount of choses have increased. I know because I was there when only one New Balance shoe was USA made, now there are several. You can find reasons not to buy New Balance USA made shoes, but please don't ever write that you care about american workers ever again. Big choices start as small decisions, as people gave New Balance more support, the company responded by offering more USA built products, same with companies such as Bill's Khakis and St. Croix Shop. We can put some skin in the game with the intent of forcing more production to be done in the USA, or we can fucking nitpick and watch more production go offshore.

NB 992's - made in the usa.

I can see the office building from my porch.

And their sneaks are on my feet.

next to the factory. When we go up the long flight of stairs to where the shoes are, we always ask for the ones made in the USA. Unfortunately there are not that many models. As another poster said, they are made elsewhere (China) and only assembled here. Why not just do it all in the USA? I am so sick of this offshoring for profit. It's time to give breaks to companies who do manufacture in this country and stop giving breaks to those who manufacture out of country, as our President says.

10/25/12>>>
Pending trade pact could cost Maine shoe worker jobs, forum told
Trans-Pacific Partnership, now in negotiations, would hurt state's New Balance factories, state representatives claim
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"The goal of the U.S. government is to reduce tariffs down to nothing so there can be fair trade," Treat told the group during an evening public forum. "With the trans-Pacific trade agreement, countries such as Vietnam will say you want us to buy your corn? We say drop the tariffs.
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Treat said the trade highway is a two-way street in which countries, including Vietnam and others, do not adhere to child labor laws, worker-safety regulations and wage- and hour-enforcement rules that are place in the United States. Recent studies, she said, show that labor cost in Vietnam is 35-40 percent cheaper than in China, where wages already are low.

If footwear is made in those countries it would be sold in America for much less than U.S.-made shoes, thus hurting jobs, Treat emphasized.
>>>

http://www.kjonline.com/news/fair-trade-bad-for-maine-workers_2012-10-24.html

Like NAFTA, the Trans Pacific Partnership is another job killing trade deal.

The fact is New Balance has shown a determined effort to build more and more shoes in the USA. The company is very proud of that effort. Do all up us a favor, cut the diversionary bullshit and put your money where your mouth is. New Balance is a company that deserves our support. It's american made products DO NOT COST MORE THAN COMPARABLE ALTERNATIVES!!!!!!!!! I FUCKING KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE PURCHASED SHOES FROM THE COMPANY FOR THREE YEARS. THE CAP LETTERS ARE FUCKING INTENTIONAL!!!!

My reply is regarding the threat specifically to New Balance from China and Viet Nam if the Trans Pacific Partnership gets passed and footwear tarriffs are removed. Maine Democratic Reps. Sharon Treat and Jeff McCabe speak to this in the linked to article. I don't believe that is changing the subject.

I do buy American, my boots and clothes from Carhartt. As far as New Balance not costing more than alternatives, without the footwear tariffs now in place Viet Nam will sell shoes here for much cheaper than New Balance. They can do this because of virtually no labor laws in their country.

I knew they were made here but I am hooked on that show. The production process of some many different products amazes me.

They're good shoes that fit my feet and cost no more than the other premium brands.

so be careful. As New Balance has gotten support for it's USA choices, it has expanded the offerings. Interestingly, the USA made choices don't cost any more than the imported choices. Time for those of you that decry trade deals, outsourcing and the worker visa program to put your money where your mouth is.

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which the Trans Pacific Partnership proposes to eliminate, New Balance can not compete and will fold or move off-shore. Workers make 46 cent per hour in Viet Nam as opposed to approx $10 per hour here.

Maine New Balance workers join Susan Collins, Mike Michaud to argue for tariffs in DC

In 2006, New Balance stated on its customer help site that "approximately 25% of the New Balance shoes sold in North America are Made in the USA and we will continue domestic manufacturing." [8] According to Fortune Magazine in 2006, "about 70 percent of its shoes are now made in China and the other 5 percent in Vietnam." [9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Balance

As of about six months ago, three models were made here. A larger number are put together here from outsourced material, but the huge, HUGE majority are completely made and put together overseas.

I love NB, and run in them 90% of the time, and this is better than what most companies do, but the US manufacturing industry has been destroyed by outsourcing, and NB still are huge outsourcers.

A lot of products are shipped from one country to another before you see the final product.

yup

I've seen many pairs that were made outside the U.S.

The serious running shoes are made outside the US. They are mainly what I run in.

That's all I buy when I get walking shoes, sneakers.

They are usually the only shoe I wear. I have small feet, so they fit me better width wise than most shoes. (I can still wear kids shoes, if that tells you anything!)

They come in wide widths too!

I saw something on the internet where he came out preaching Romney. He's a big time repug.

Women's 12AA

I have a pair over 2 years old and still very supportive. If you are looking to buy boots made in the U.S. and are hand crafted(no machine) try out danner boots. recently bought a pair and they are the most comfortable Ive ever worn. high quality, but they are pricey

They are comfortable too.

I just found out that the chairman, Jim Davis, has donated $500,000 to Mitt Romney, and is against gay marriage.

I love New Balance shoes. They are the best shoes for my feet. I just posted about this earlier. But having come to this thread, and finding out about his anti-gay stance from the Washington Post, I realize that even the best product in the world cannot overcome the bigotry of its chairman.

And Jim Davis owns New Balance.

Fuck him. And, unfortunately, his product.

Just a few posts upthread, I told you all how much I love these shoes. I am now going to boycott them, after hearing that the chairman (and owner) is an asshole teabagger who not only has donated half a million bucks to Romney, but is now identified by gay rights groups as an anti-gay bigot. I feel sorry for the employees in New England. I feel sorry because these shoes are, at least partly, made in America. But I'm damned if I'll enrich the coffers of a bigot.

Any other shoes with a wide toe-box? I've been unhappy with Nikes.

Some Brooks are pretty decent.

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Newton, MA billionaire, Jim Davis, chairman of New Balance, and his wife Anne have spent $1,104,100, almost all of it on Republican efforts to retake the White House. http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/mass-millions/article_4abcb9d7-9a9e-5d9a-a133-62b108f1d7b1.html

No more New Balance shoes for me.

"Newton" is a well-known running shoe company, and that's' how I read your post ie the CEO of Newton, not New Balance.

I've used their 1123's with great results. Pricy, but worth it.