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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞…𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞! ❤️ That’s right, the Stride series is growing with a new European edition landing in 2026 - not as a copy-and-paste of the US edition, but as a homegrown, research-backed response to the continent’s specific needs – fragmented tooling, differing workforce readiness, and the rich, under-leveraged potential of its design and manufacturing communities. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 3𝘋. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞-𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬-𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬. This won’t be your typical event. Expect… 👟 Honest, closed-door conversations  ⚒ Craft x Innovation in practice 🤖 Real, hands-on and practical talk on DPC & AI adoption 🌱 Sustainability beyond the buzzwords 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! Please REACT & RE-POST - let's get the message out there so we can build something unforgettable! A huge thank you to our advisors; this would not have been possible without your insights! Nicoline van Enter Valentina Zanatta Matteo Burzio Defne Yalkut Alla Belchenkova Detlef Mueller Tom Waller René Medel Susanna Zampieri Luke McConnie Alberto Franco Tom Rushbrook Ibai Fletas Rodrigo Patrik von Bergen Paul Janssen Peter Davis Teo Pazanin Patrizio Carlucci Antonio Miralles Eduardo Barbero Gómez Louis de Vos Kuba Graczyk Natacha Alpert Filip Ridderström PI Apparel Seamless #footwear #footweardesign #design #productdevelopment #footwearinnovation #dpc #ai #local #innovation #sustainability #technology