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When TOMS Shoes emerged into the marketplace a few years ago, people could not buy their shoes fast enough. The concept came from an authentic place; when founder Blake Mycoskie visited Argentina, he was moved by the many barefoot children he saw living in poverty. He came home and decided to do a little good and founded TOMS on the one-for-one concept that he hoped other companies would follow. Simply put, when someone buys a pair of TOMS, the company donates a pair of shoes to a child in....