The heal of the sole of my ECCO shoes just started to fall apart today. I was sitting at my desk and when I looked down there was black debris on the chair mat. When I looked at the sole of my shoes it was apparent that the outside of the heal on both shoes was failing in the same manner. The sole had cracked all the way through to the leather and the rubber tread was separating form the foam of the sole. ECCO shoes are the only shoes I have ever had this problem with, having had two pairs of boots with sole failures. I really like the ECCO shoes in all ways except for these kinds of failures. I don't know if ECCO has found a way to keep this from happening in newer products, but I hope so. I would like to continue to buy ECCO's, but failures like this don't make that an easy choice.