Post #1207887
2026-04-15 13:31 UTC
Anyway, here’s some news from 13 days ago where their stock was wiped out because they couldn’t figure out how to sell shoes, but good luck to all involved https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2026/04/02/allbirds-99-stock-wipeout-reveals-hard-lessons-for-leaders/
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online 2026-04-15 14:50
@joesteel Quote: Allbirds’ sustainability branding made the company popular with its Silicon Valley tech bro customers. Citation needed. It was popular for the same reason puffy vests were (are) popular: Conformity and in-group signalling through aesthetics. A few key people with power and influence started wearing them, and suddenly everyone else did. It spread lile a disease. I watched it in real time.