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Becker's Best Shoes

Can a small-town specialty comfort shoe retailer build a loyal regional customer base through expert fitting and community involvement while managing back-office operations efficiently enough to remain profitable as a family-owned business?

Founded2015
HQMount Dora, FL, USA
FoundersAmy Becker, Fred Becker
IndustryE-commerce / Retail
The story

Founded in 2015 when Amy and Fred Becker acquired an existing Mount Dora shoe store, transforming it into a comfort-first, expert-fitting specialty retailer. The business operates both a brick-and-mortar store and an e-commerce channel via Shopify. The primary financial evolution has been moving away from manual, paper-intensive back-office processes — most notably adopting BILL for AP automation in 2022 to reduce fraud risk and administrative burden.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2015
Amy and Fred Becker purchased a long-standing Mount Dora shoe store and rebranded it as Becker's Best Shoes, focusing on comfort footwear and expert fitting.· pivot
2022
Adopted BILL for accounts payable automation, cutting weekly AP time from 30+ hours to 2 hours and improving payment security against check fraud.· banking
The stack
Payments / PSP
Shopify Payments (inferred via Shopify platform)
Accounting
QuickBooks Online
Accounting gap: minor