I have wide feet and buying locally isn't really an option - no shop carries appropriate sizes and the back-and-forth, of placing special orders to try on, takes longer than it would doing it from home, on my own (I've done both). As such, I've really come to value shoe manufacturers that that have measuring instructions and detailed fit charts, with both length and width measurements, for each size of shoe last that they offer. With all this in mind, and for the foreseeable future, Lake shoes are where it's at for me.