It seems like everywhere you turn people are clamoring to get their hands on an oldie but a goodie: Vans’ Old Skool model of their classic lace-up skater shoes. The shoes are limited in color and ...

Today and next week, our focus is a Tulip Time landmark. In 1895, Herman Van Tongeren started making cigars in a factory on E. Tenth Street. By 1917, he had a retail store at 12 E. Eighth St. and a ...

Paul Van Doren, who co-founded the footwear brand Vans out of a small retail operation in Southern California more than five decades ago, died Thursday. He was 90. The brand became a ...

The sneakers became a hit in the skateboard world and later a multibillion-dollar nationwide sensation thanks in part to a Sean Penn movie. By Daniel E. Slotnik Paul Van Doren, a founder of Vans, the ...