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Children's footwear start-up Jbrds Secures 500 000 USD in funding
The Baltimore-based start-up has secured 500 00 US dollars in an initial funding round. Although its financial backers are not known, the company is now valued at 5 million US dollars
Exhibition shows footwear designed for people with cerebral palsy
In total there are 12 prototypes of shoes, boots and sneakers, all designed bearing in mind the needs of people with cerebral palsy, and incorporating the concerns with the aesthetics
The increasing value of green and responsible labels
The study Footwear Consumer 2030 predicts that in the next 15 years sustainability issues will raise new questions for brands and businesses, especially as public scrutiny tends to intensify
Vibram settles a 3.75 million USD lawsuit over shoes with alleged health benefits
The maker of the famous FiveFingers barefoot-style running shoes has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement over the shoes’ declared health benefits
“SmartSoles” designed to help tracking Alzheimer’s patients
GTX Corp., a company working with wearable technologies and Andrew Carle, professor at George Mason University (US), have teamed up to produce the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) SmartSoles, a footwear system designed to monitor people’s movements.- 1
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