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Funky Feet

Ann Arbor falls for Five Fingers

by Shelley Daily

posted 11/20/2010

When Fourth Ave Birkenstock owners Paul and Claire Tinkerhess put Vibram Five Fingers shoes in their window last year, Paul recalls, they hoped the novel sports shoes with toe pockets that offer the look and feel of going barefoot would "stop traffic." But people didn't just look--they bought. "It's a phenomenon that's helped this mom-and-pop shop through hard

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