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best women's shoes store 09The Clarks Companies, N.A., announced a shoe drive to benefit Soles4Souls, at The Barn Family Shoe Store in Massachusetts.
Between October 31 and November 10, 2009, The Barn Family Shoe Store will offer $10.00 off a Clarks footwear purchase to all customers who bring in gently worn pairs of shoes to help support the Soles4Souls effort.
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best women's shoes store 09The Barn Family Shoe Store voted Best Women's Shoe Store!
WEST NEWTON, MA, March 15, 2009 - The Top of the Heights is a promotional contest and city guide conducted by The Heights and CityVoter that profiles local businesses and allows consumers to vote for their favorites. Voting was conducted online. Read more


the barn sign up and winIn Celebration of our 60th Aniversary we're giving away 3 Great Prizes!
WEST NEWTON, MA, September 5, 2008 - The Barn Family Shoe Store is proud to sponsor a Community Retail coupon booklet, available at 30 participating stores and businesses throughout Newton starting August 31st, 2008. Included in this coupon booklet, The Barn Family Shoe Store has a raffle ticket for 3 extraordinary items! First prize is an 18 speed huffy mountain bike, 2nd prize is a 9 ft. Emotion “Charger” kayak, and 3rd prize is a $100 gift certificate good for any merchandise in The Barn or The Kids Barn. We are grateful to the following businesses for participating and coupon booklets are available at each of Read more


parent's pick awardThe Barn Family Shoe Stores’ Kid’s Barn is voted #1 Kids’ Shoe Store in the First Annual Parents’ Pick Awards!
WEST NEWTON, MA, August 17, 2008 - Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect (http://www.parentsconnect.com) is an on line resource for parenting advice and community. From May 19 to June 30, 2008, Nickelodeon’s Parents Connect invited it member families to pick their favorite family resources in their local community. Winners were announced on July 15, 2008. Read more


building communitySmall Businesses Come Together To Support and Sustain Each Other’s Success.
WEST NEWTON, MA, August 6, 2008 - The Barn Family Shoe Store is proud to sponsor a Community Retail coupon booklet, available at 30 participating stores and businesses throughout Newton starting August 31st, 2008. The Barn has hired SBR – Small Business Results to enlist these businesses to offer promotions in honor of The Barn Family Shoe Store’s 60th Anniversary. Read more

red sox ticket winnerThe Barn Family Shoe Store Announces the Winner of the Drawing for Red Sox Tickets
WEST NEWTON, MA, July 17, 2008 - Karen Stives, owner of The Barn Family Shoe Store, greeted Newton resident, Lea Matz, at The Barn to present her and her family with the tickets for 4 Field Box seats for a Red Sox home Game in Fenway Park! Ms. Matz was drawn as the winner from thousands of entries in the special promotion available to all shoppers in The Barn and The Kids Barn during May and June. Read more

Ed's Dream VacationThe Barn Family Shoe Store Honors Retiring Employee, Ed Voye, for His 33 Years of Loyalty, with Dream Vacation
WEST NEWTON, MA, May 21, 2008 – 2008 is a year of celebration for a number of reasons for The Barn Family Shoe Store, a Newton landmark retail destination. Not only is it the 60th Anniversary of the store founded by Russell Wennbergh, it is also the 33rd anniversary of Ed Voye’s employment at The Barn. Read more

The Barn Family Shoe Store Launches New Website, Email Sign-up Program
WEST NEWTON, MA, March 1, 2008 – The Barn Family Shoe Store has launched a new website, www.thebarnfamilyshoestore.com, and email marketing campaign in conjunction with its 60th Anniversary Celebration. Read more

The Barn Family Shoe Store Celebrates 60 Years as a Family Tradition
WEST NEWTON, MA, Feb. 5, 2008 – When entrepreneur Russell Wennbergh started selling shoes from the trunk of his car in 1948, he could hardly have imagined the tradition he was creating for families in the Metrowest area.  From these humble beginnings emerged The Barn Family Shoe Store, an area landmark celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2008.  Read more

BSTA Names The Barn Family Shoe Store 2007 Retailer of the Year
WEST NEWTON, MA, Jan. 29, 2008 – The Barn Family Shoe Store has been named Retailer of the Year 2008 by the Boston Shoe Travelers Association (BSTA).  Read more

The Barn Family Shoe Store CEO Represents United States Equestrian Federation in Rose Bowl Parade
WEST NEWTON, MA, Jan. 3, 2008 – Karen Stives, Olympic medal winner and president of The Barn Family Shoe Store, was one of 12 equestrians chosen to represent the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation in the 2008 Rose Bowl Parade.  Read more