I BET YOU HAVE SOME.
YAH ... I THINK 3 OR 4 RIGHT
NOW. AND I BET YOU HAVE EVEN
MORE.
I DO ... IF I HAD TO GUESS ..
PROBABLY ABOUT 6 TO 7.
WERE TALKING GOOD OLE RUBBER
SLIPPERS... SOME CHEAPOS ... AND
MORE NICE ONES.
AND ONE LOCAL COMPANY IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH SLIPPERS AS WE
LEARN IN THIS BUSINESS MATERS
REPORT.
"THAT'S MY FATHER IN FRONT OF
THE ORIGINAL LOCATION WHICH IS
NOW BACK IN THE 1930S AND 40S
AND
THAT'S WHEN WE USED TO MAKE
SHOES OR BOOTS AND STEEL TOED
SHOES. IT WAS PRE SLIPPER TIME"
TODAY . THE NAME SCOTT IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH SLIPPERS. AND
THAT COMPANY STARTED BY HIS
GRANDFATHER WAS A FAR CRY
FROM WHAT THE COMPANY PRODUCES
NOW.
CHANGED!
"WOW A BUCK 18 A PAIR. I'LL PAY
YOU THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT OF
MONEY RIGHT NOW HA HA". THE
COMPANY STARTED MAKING THOSE
STEEL TOED WORK SHOES FOR
PLANTATION WORKERS, AND
DOCKWORKERS AT PEARL HARBOR.
STEVE SAYS THE TRANSITION TO
SLIPPERS WAS LARGELY OUT OF
NECESSITY.
STEVE SCOTT / SCOTT SLIPPERS:
"AS HAWAII GOT CLOSER TO WORLD
WAR II ENDING WE HAD THE ZORI
WHICH WAS FROM JAPAN
AND THEY WERE TO DISAPPEAR AND
THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
DEMAND FOR SOMETHING CASUAL
SOMETHING THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN WEAR WITHOUT SOCKS
SO THE COMPANY CONVERTED TO
MAKING SLIPPERS. AND THERE WAS
NO TURNING BACK.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLD
STYLES. THIS IS MY SON'S PICTURE
WALL"
"IT PROBABLY GOES BACK ABOUT 10
YEARS SOME OF THE STYLES. WE
SHOULD'VE STARTED EARLIER".
CASUAL SHORTS OR SLIPPERS".
ALTHOUGH OTHER COMPANIES WOULD
COME AND GO, SCOTT WAS THE ONLY
ONES TO GO IN THE DIRECTION OF A
MORE FORMAL
SLIPPER. SOMETHING HE SAYS WAS A
BYPRODUCT OF WANTING TO MAKE A
PRODUCT THAT WAS SIMPLY THE BEST
"WE ALWAYS PRIDE OUR SELF ON THE
QUALITY AND HOW LONG IT LASTS.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT WE'VE
BEEN ACCUSED BY SEVERAL
CUSTOMERS THAT THEY LAST TOO
LONG. AND WE TELL THEM TO AT
LEAST TRY TO GET A DIFFERENT
COLOR, AND DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT".
TODAY THERE'S NEARLY A DIFFERENT
COLOR AND STYLE FOR EVERY DAY OF
THE MONTH.
SCOTT CONSIDERS HIMSELF LUCKY
THAT THE COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1932
HAS ONLY BEEN IN 4 LOCATIONS.
OR AS HE PUTS IT .
ONE FOR EACH GENERATION.
BUT NATURALLY THERE HAVE BEEN
CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. CHIEF
AMONG THEM . THE COST OF DOING
BUSINESS HERE IN
THEIR PRODUCT RIGHT HERE ON OAHU
UNTIL THE LATE 1990S BEFORE
ULTIMATELY
OUTSOURCING THE PRODUCTION TO
ASIA.
"JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS
HERE IS HIGHER THAN HER
COMPETITORS".
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
SCOTT IS A LOCAL THROUGH AND
THROUGH.
NAT SOUND: "THIS IS HOW WE KEEP
OURSELVES GROUNDED. WE KEEP
LOCAL. HAWAII BASED".
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECRET
TO THE COMPANY'S ENDURING
SUCCESS . STEVE SAYS IT ALL
COMES DOWN TO
QUALITY.
"THAT'S WHAT WERE KNOWN FOR.
OBVIOUSLY LIKE A SHIRT THERE'S
NOT MUCH WEAR AND TEAR SOMETHING
THAT YOU WERE ON YOUR FEET
THOUGH
CONSTANTLY BEING WORN JUST
ABRASIVE ON THE GROUND
AGAIN IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO
THE PRIDE OF THAT WE PUT INTO
OUR FOOTWEAR"
AND WHAT DOES THIS 3RD
GENERATION SHOE MANUFACTURER SEE
"OBVIOUSLY JUST TAKING IT NO PUN
INTENDED ONE STEP AT A
TIME.30:39 I HAVE MY SON NOW MY
YOUNGEST SON HERE WORKING WITH
ME AND HE
HAS TWO BOYS SO WE'RE ON OUR
FOURTH GENERATION RIGHT NOW AND
SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT TO THE
FIFTH GENERATION".
BRIG:
UBER RIDERS, WE TELL YOU ABOUT A
NEW FEATURE ON THE RIDE-SHARE