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Best Places To Buy Shoes For Kids In Baltimore

When you're shopping around for shoes for kids, there are a lot of things to take into account. Sometimes you want a bargain, but sometimes you want a hard-to-find designer brand. And you always want a friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff to come to your rescue to assist you in your needs. If you happen to be in the Baltimore area and are shopping for your youngster, consider these places for your children's footwear needs.
Economy Shoes
6560 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410) 358-0911
www.economyshoes.net

Economy Shoes has been providing top quality shoes to families for nearly 80 years, so they definitely know what they are doing in terms of providing service. As a family-run shoe store, they do, indeed, provide personal service, and as the name suggests, the prices are pretty reasonable. All of that said, they still carry top brand name shoes, so a visit here gets you the trifecta: personal service, brand names and good prices.

Cottage Kidz Boutique
1129 Light St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 962-5556
www.facebook.com/pages/Cottage-Kidz-Boutique

A true boutique, the key word here is "style." With the top brand names, and perhaps a few you were unaware of, Cottage Kidz is the place to go to dress your youngster to the nines. Come in when you want the highest of quality in footwear for your child, and don't be afraid to bring your child along with you. Cottage Kidz has arranged to keep the little ones happy while the parents shop by putting in an indoor play place and a TV playing children's programming so that you have a little more time to make that tough selection from some truly tempting fashions.

Towson Bootery
810 Kenilworth Drive
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 296-0640
towsonbootery.com

A small family shop which has been in business for 60 years, the Towson Bootery takes the tradition of the old-fashioned shoe stores into the modern day. Shop from the shoes in-stock, or come in with your youngster if they are in a sports team or a school uniform and get a special fitting. Towson Bootery will do a measurement, special order shoes for them and dye shoes. This is no shop to simply wander about and pick what you like, they practically make the shoes for you to your specifications. Just tell them what you need, and they will produce it however you need them to.

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Dapper And Dainty
700 S. Hammonds Ferry Road
Linthicum, MD 21090
(410) 993-1558
dapper-n-dainty.com

If you are a parent of young children who has not yet discovered the magic of consignment shops, you need to do yourself a favor and check out Dapper and Dainty right away. Despite the fact that the products it sells are generally second-hand, its trade-in policies and restoration processes are so meticulous that the shoes (or other items) you are purchasing are in new condition but at much less expensive prices. Moreover, every time you head in, they will have new and different items in stock as they continue to receive trade. When shopping for top quality products at bottom-of-the-barrel prices, consignment shops are the way to go, and few are better for children's footwear than Dapper and Dainty.

Petit Feet
2578 Quarry Lake Drive
Baltimore, MD 21209
(410) 486-7463
www.quarrylakecommunity.com/petitfeet

Petit Feet is a store that specializes in only children's footwear and nothing else. Open since 2009, Petit Feet is run by a husband and wife team with kids of their own. Since the store is laser focused on exactly the sale and service of kids shoes, it takes into account every aspect of a parent's needs and concerns when it comes to shoe shopping. As with any small, family-run business, the staff offers individualized customer care. This goes right down to assistance with selection and fittings. It carries top brand names for the style conscious, and it takes into account value consciousness as well by supplying shoes within a modest price range.

Petit Feet is most vocal about its line of uniform and dress shoes, but it also carries all of the sneakers and sportswear you'll be looking for this season.

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Joel Furches is a freelance writer and researcher for The Examiner and Logos Software, and also manages his own catalog of writing on Hub Pages. Joel is on the board of directors for Ratio Christi. He has a bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Education.
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