Portland-based 3D-printed footwear startup Hilos has landed $3 million to boost its efforts in reducing the carbon footprint linked to shoe production. The company developed an internal method of manufacturing… Read More
Allbirds raced to a valuation of more than $1 billion on the popularity of its trendy wool shoes. Now the CEO and co-founder of the Silicon Valley startup is calling… Read More
Nike has more than 100 styles of men’s running shoes and more than a dozen ways to filter through them on its website. But nowhere in the shoe-buying experience will… Read More
A year after walking away from its relationship with Amazon in the U.S., the German shoemaker Birkenstock is again targeting the e-commerce giant for what it believes is a failure… Read More
How many times have Silicon Valley geeks been credited with setting a style trend? Whether it was Steve Jobs and his black mock turtleneck or Mark Zuckerberg and his gray… Read More
Unlike most online retailers, Seattle-based Fuchsia describes itself as “anti-mass production.” The one-year-old company uses technology to help artisans in the developing world reach a broader global audience. Fuchsia launched… Read More
Amazon spent a total of $690 million on acquisitions in 2015, most of it in cash, according to the company’s annual 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Think of the Digitsole intelligent shoe as the Swiss Army Knife of connected footwear, complete with built in foot-warmers, step-tracking technology, a front light, shock detection, and more. With a design… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: Is Amazon opening a bookstore in Seattle? We provide the clues and let you decide. Plus, we talk about two notable deals in the… Read More
Nike COO Eric Sprunk surprised the GeekWire Summit crowd last week when he said custom 3D printed sneakers were “not that far away.” They may be even closer than we realized, if today’s… Read More
Amazon has acquired Shoefitr, a startup based in Pittsburgh that offers 3D technology to help online shoe buyers ensure an accurate fit, according to reports by TechCrunch and the Pittsburgh Business Times,… Read More