Featured Press

1. Feb 5, 2021

   WWD:
   Why Allbirds Is Investing $2 Million in Natural Fiber Welding

   The plant-based leather business is heating up, with Allbirds next to drive innovation. The company invested $2 million in Illinois-based Natural Fiber Welding, Inc., an innovation of Dr. Luke Haverhals, an outspoken advocate for revolutionary materials that rely entirely on natural polymers.

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2. Mar 29, 2021

   Refinery29:
   A Deep Dive On Every Single Allbirds Shoe

   Eco-aware shoe brand Allbirds is now in its sixth year of business, and the initial buzz that surrounded the brand following its launch and expansion (successful Kickstarter campaign, gleaming stores in major US cities, endorsement from Barack Obama, undisclosed investment from Leo) shows no signs of dying down.

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3. Apr 20, 2021

   New York Times:
   Why Is Fashion Talking About Regenerative Farming?

   Fashion, like politics, loves a buzzword — especially when it comes to the environment. Sustainability! Circularity! They just tripped off the tongue. And now there’s a new favorite in town: regenerative.

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4. may 12, 2021

   WIRED:
   Adidas and Allbirds Team Up to Make Sustainable Running Shoes

   When it comes to sports, running's carbon footprint is relatively small. Going for a run doesn't require ripping up grasslands to build a court or burning gasoline to drive to a faraway lake. You don’t need to buy a lot of equipment, either. You can even run in the gym shorts you owned in the seventh grade (although most of us don’t).

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5. jun 13, 2021

   Conde Nast Traveler:
   Allbirds Tree Runners Review: These Light-as-Air Sneakers Are My Travel Go-To

   Finding a solid pair of comfortable sneakers for travel is no easy feat. You need to strike the (seemingly impossible) balance of comfort, style, and versatility. After spending years wearing athletic shoes that weren’t the most, ahem, fashion-forward, I was about ready to give up my search when I randomly strolled into an Allbirds store while on vacation in Austin.

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6. Jun 18, 2021

   Forbes:
   Carbon Is the ‘New Calorie’ and Allbirds Is Counting

   It is becoming increasingly clear that consumers of all ages are interested in carbon transparency as well as supporting brands that make a targeted effort at carbon neutrality.

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7. AUg 6, 2021

   Vogue:
   Will This Be the Season of “Climate Positive” Fashion?

   New York Fashion Week begins in just over a month, and Vogue Runway’s already-full schedule suggests it’s going to be one of the busiest seasons… ever. Understandably so: It’s been a year-and-a-half since many of us saw a collection in person, and designers are itching to show their work in three dimensions again. After hundreds (thousands?) of grainy Zooms and the isolation of remote work, we’re craving the energy, the beauty, the hustle—even the 2:00 a.m. deadlines.

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8. aug 17, 2021

   Glossy:
   Allbirds debuts first activewear line in bid to become full lifestyle brand

   According to Hana Kajimura, head of sustainability at Allbirds, finding a way to make athletic apparel without polyester has been a goal for the company for the last two years. After 70 iterations, Allbirds launched on Tuesday its first activewear collection, called Natural Run. It includes running shorts, bike shorts, T-shirts and tank tops, all made from natural materials like eucalyptus fiber and merino wool.

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9. aug 17, 2021

   WSJ:
   Allbirds to Sell Wool and Tree-Based Workout Clothes, Taking on Nike and Lululemon

   The startup is launching a new line of athletic gear made of merino wool and yarn created from the pulp of eucalyptus trees. The fabric, which was two years in the making, is Allbirds’ latest attempt to rethink the apparel industry’s longstanding reliance on polyester and other synthetic fibers.

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10. Sept 8, 2021

    Financial Times:
    How must boards change to tackle the climate crisis?

    Hello from New York, where the financial world is grappling with two obsessions: climate change and cryptocurrencies. Now they are starting to collide, as innovators explore whether blockchain can be used to promote more transparency in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) world. Agricultural and trade companies such as meat processor JBS, for example, have recently been exploring how to use blockchain to track the provenance of products, such as cattle.

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11. Sept 19, 2021

    Entrepreneur:
    Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger Is Preparing for an IPO, But He Still Packs His Kids' Lunchboxes Every Morning

    Workers in tech hubs like San Francisco and New York are familiar with the Allbirds craze of the mid-to-late 2010s, when you couldn't walk down the street or step into an elevator without seeing the monochromatic merino wool sneakers on the feet of seemingly everyone you met. If they don't seem as ubiquitous now, that's likely because they've become so commonplace we take them for granted.

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12. Oct 14, 2021

    Runner's World:
    We Ran in Allbirds’s First Ever Trail Running Shoe

    Last year, Allbirds launched its first running shoe, the Tree Dasher. The trainer embodies all we love about the brand’s walking shoes, which are ironically called Wool Runners. Like the ingredients in a made-from-scratch homestyle recipe, the shoes’ components are natural, simple, and familiar—the upper materials include merino wool and eucalyptus tree fibers.

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13. Nov 2, 2021

    Esquire:
    Upgrade Your Sweats With Allbirds' Simple (but Not Boring) New R&R Line

    Let's be honest: Even if the world is regaining some sort of normalcy, you're still living in loungewear. And there's no reason to be ashamed about it—especially when those sweats come from an eco-conscious brand and look this good.

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14. Nov 3, 2021

    Bloomberg:
    Sneaker Brand Allbirds Tops IPO Goal to Raise $303 Million

    The San Francisco-based company and its existing shareholders sold more than 20 million shares Tuesday for $15 each after marketing 19 million of them for $12 to $14, according to a statement confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg News.

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15. Jan 9, 2022

    High Snobiety:
    NOBODY'S PERFECT BUT JEFF STAPLE & ALLBIRDS ARE WORKING ON IT

    Between a re-engineered knit upper and streamlined Dasher outsole, perhaps the most important element of Jeff Staple & Allbirds' second collaborative sneaker is a simple number printed on its lateral side.

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16. Jan 20, 2022

    Inc.:
    How Allbirds Went From a Soccer Player's Side Hustle to a $2 Billion Sustainable Brand

    During his playing days, Brown says, he had enjoyed the free gear that brands sent to professional athletes, but he also wondered about ways to produce it without synthetic materials. He'd go on to co-found Allbirds, a San Francisco Bay Area sustainable footwear and apparel company. But not before reflecting on how purpose can fuel performance.

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17. Jan 20, 2022

    Today.com:
    Shop TODAY with Jill Martin — Refresh and Renew in 2022

    TODAY Lifestyle and Commerce Contributor Jill Martin is kicking off the New Year with all the products you need to get back to your healthy habits and refresh your beauty and wellness routine.

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18. Feb 8, 2022

    Entertainment Tonight:
    Lady Gaga Wears the Comfortable Workout Shoes That Hollywood Loves

    Even Hollywood's biggest celebs can't help but go "gaga" for a pair of really great sneakers. And the Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, is just the latest star in a long series of celebs who have proven to be fans of the athletic sneaker brand Allbirds.

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19. Feb 17, 2022

    Vogue Business:
    Allbirds to offer shoe resale with “Rerun” platform

    Allbirds is entering the secondhand sneaker market with Rerun, an integrated resale platform as part of its push to halve its carbon emissions, Vogue Business can exclusively report.

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20. Mar 30, 2022

    TIME:
    TIME 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES OF 2022

    llbirds founders Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger created their best-known shoe—a minimalist merino wool runner—back in 2016, hoping to disrupt the synthetics-reliant sneaker industry. Since then, the certified B Corp has proven that sustainability sells: a November IPO valued the company at $4 billion, and it posted nearly $100 million in fourth-quarter sales (a 23% jump). A new design Allbirds recently launched in partnership with Adidas, meanwhile, releases less than a quarter of the greenhouse gases during production than a typical running shoe.

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21. Apr 22, 2022

    Hypebeast:
    Adidas and Allbirds Drop Latest Lightweight ADIZERO

    A continuation of its shared passion to lower footwear’s carbon dioxide emissions, the duo has taken Allbirds’ penchant for using natural materials and blended it with adidas’ expertise in creating performance-focused sneakers to unveil an ADIZERO silhouette that goes below 3 kg CO2e per pair.

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22. May 17, 2022

    Good Morning America:
    Allbirds Releases Brand New Tree Flyer shoe

    The sustainable direct-to-consumer footwear brand, famously worn by everyone from Lady Gaga to Hilary Duff, released its all-new Tree Flyer shoe on Tuesday, and it's ideally designed for high-performance distance running.

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23. May 18, 2022

    Fast Company
    Allbirds Just Released Its Lightest Running Shoe Ever

    Since launching in 2014, Allbirds has built a cult-like following of athleisure devotees for its minimalist trainers that really can be worn anywhere and everywhere. Count Men's Health editors among the converted, who have praised its do-it-all Dashers and cozy-but-not-sloppy workout clothes.

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24. May 19, 2022

    Men's Health:
    The newest Allbirds running shoe makes your feet feel like they’re coming home

    When Allbirds arrived in 2016 with simple, comfort-first sneakers that signaled environmental consciousness and coziness, they had a home run. By 2018, the direct-to-consumer footwear brand claimed to have sold more than a million pairs of their sugarcane-soled sneakers. As they continue to dive into different plant-based materials (breathable eucalyptus tree fibers) and categories (mix-and-match athleisure, cushiony carbon-negative sandals), their sneakers received upgrades for serious runners, too. Their newest running shoe, out this week, is named the Tree Flyer, what the brand calls its “most technical style to date.”

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25. Jun 6, 2022

    Outside:
    Look Good, Feel Good: Our Top Athleisure Picks for 2022

    The world is less formal these days. Almost anywhere in public–from the gym to the store to the classroom–you're likely to see folks leaning into the athleisure

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26. jun 14, 2022

    Insider:
    Allbirds just dropped its own version of the TikTok-famous 'Pillow Slides' — I tried them and they're ridiculously comfortable

    If you're already familiar with Allbirds, you know the brand got its start making sneakers with sustainable materials. But did you know they also make sandals in the summertime?

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27. Jun 16, 2022

    InStyle:
    Hollywood's Go-To Comfy Sneaker Brand Just Dropped a $60 Designer Pool Slide

    There's no denying that pool slides are trending hard again for summer 2022. There's also no denying that the cushy footwear isn't for everyone, especially considering the easy-to-wear sandal can quickly go from looking like a trendy slipper to an orthopedic sandal, which also isn't a bad thing, BTW. It's just what makes this particular shoe trend controversial.

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28. Jun 29, 2022

    Runner's World:
    On Wednesdays, Allbirds Launches Pink Running Shoes—But They’re Sure to Sell Out Fast

    We’ve all heard the canonical phrase “on Wednesdays, we wear pink” from the 2004 cult classic Mean Girls, but the phrase has been reincarnated in today's launch of the Allbirds x Lindsay Lohan collab which declares, "on Wednesdays, we launch pink." The pink to which the beloved brand is referring is a limited edition Lux pink color of the Allbirds Tree Flyer running shoe, available in both men's and women's sizes. The shoe also comes in six other color options, and has gained attention for being both sustainable and a comfortable and reliable training shoe.

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29. July 8, 2022

    People:
    I Tried the Shoes Jennifer Garner, Hilary Duff, and Mila Kunis Wear on Repeat — and I Totally Get the Hype

    After spending nearly two years quarantined in a tiny one-bedroom apartment in New York City, all I want to do is be outside. While I've never been a hardcore athlete, I've spent the past 12 months learning to love running outdoors. The only problem? I hate my running shoes.

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