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Vivobarefoot, Balena present 3D-printed compostable shoe
The British footwear and lifestyle brand Vivobarefoot has announced a partnership with Tel Aviv-based circular economy startup Balena, founded in 2020. The aim is to produce shoes that are made-to-order and made-to-measure locally and are compostable and recyclable thanks to Balena’s BioCir®flex range of materials. BioCir®flex is an advanced, flexible, ...
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Vivobarefoot tests digital platform for personalized footwear
Footwear and lifestyle brand Vivobarefoot is introducing VivoBiome, an experiential platform for personalized, circular, locally assembled footwear. Each VivoBiome product can be tailored to the customer’s needs and preferences. The VivoBiome footwear uses SLS 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI) data. Vivobarefoot is looking for 200 Brits to try the ...
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Vivobarefoot partners with Bundlee
Footwear brand Vivobarefoot is partnering exclusively with Bundlee, a U.K.-based rental platform for children’s clothing, which is for the first time expanding its service to shoes. Founded in 2018 by Eve Kekeh, Bundlee offers children’s clothing on a rental subscription basis. The clothes are returned when the child grows up ...
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Ecovative partners with Vivobarefoot and Pangaia in research project for mycelium hide
New York-based mycelium technology company Ecovative announced a joint research collaboration with the footwear brand Vivobarefoot and Pangaia, a materials science company. As part of the Fashion for Good initiative, the companies’ teams will work together to develop customized mycelial materials for use in their footwear and fashion products. ...
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Pittards enjoys a strong start to the year, expands business with Vivobarefoot
The British leather and leather goods company Pittards has started 2022 with the highest level of orders in three years and it expects shoe production in its factories in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to grow faster than in 2021. “We have started the current year with a better order book than ...
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C-Suite interview: Pittards ‘open for business’ with turnkey footwear manufacturing solution
A leather maker approaching its 200-year milestone, Pittards is now looking to the next century with plans for an expanded role in the production of footwear and other finished projects. To that end, Pittards recently launched a vertically integrated-solution for footwear, offering services starting with the sourcing of leather up ...
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Vivobarefoot introduces new high-performance hiking boot “in harmony with nature”
Vivobarefoot has launched the Tracker Forest ESC , its latest high-performance boot for extreme forest and off-road conditions, available in men’s and women’s versions. The new footwear, which is part of the brand’s Extreme Survival Collection (ESC) , was designed “in harmony with nature,” the brand said, and is ...
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Vivobarefoot obtains B Corp certification
Vivobarefoot has obtained B Corporation certification, which is granted to businesses that “meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose,” according to B Lab , a non-profit organization that manages the certification scheme. Vivobarefoot was founded ...