Initially, Diana ends up working at a shoe store. In 1960, his mother married Harry Karl, a shoe store chain owner. She later worked as a waitress and at a shoe store. Helen manages a chic upscale shoe store. She supported herself by working in a shoe store and later as a theatre usher. In the 1960s, Shoemart expanded its shoe store chain. From that first shoe store grew the Nordstrom retail empire. Afterwards, he started working in a shoe store to make ends meet. Above the shoe store were several apartments where residents were sleeping. Carey's business expanded to include a laundry service, shoe store, and haberdashery. The two met when McCoy was working at a shoe store in a local mall. The first shops were a barbershop, a jewelry store and also a shoe store. He was the proprietor of a shoe store in Brooklyn, and later sold shoes wholesale. His father owned a local shoe store in the city. His business expanded as he transformed his shoe store into a department store.