After unloading four semitrailers in four days and stocking an estimated 30,000 pairs of shoes, Shoe Carnival employees are opening the company’s first Montana store in Billings at 10 a.m. Friday.

Commonly referred to as the plimsoll, the canvas shoe has been around since self-taught chemist Charles Goodyear invented vulcanised rubber back in 1839. However, from the 1980s onwards the simple ...