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9/15/22 [STAND+] Wants to Become Nike for People Who Stand for a Living
[STAND+] is carving out a niche in the footwear industry by doubling down on the service-shoe sector. The startup, launched in September 2021, has already done $1 million in sales,...
6/17/22 - 32 Shoes Reviewers Swear You Can Comfortably Wear For Hours And Hours
A pair of eco-friendly STAND+ (Formerly Gales) Frontline Nurse shoes designed with healthcare professionals in mind. These kicks tick the boxes of being waterproof, slip-resistant, and antimicrobial!
3/22/22 - Heroes with Heart
STAND+ (Formerly Gales®) is gifting each member of the Hospital Medicine team their own pair of shoes. The brand was founded to give back to nurses when healthcare heroes, so when STAND+...
2/10/22 - The First Smart PPE Shoe Designed For Nurses
Successful brands are built on two main factors; necessity and passion. When the global pandemic erupted at the start of 2020, entrepreneur Rob Gregg took a difficult situation and turned...
12/15/21 - The Next 1000 Meet The Stars Of Our Final Installment
Forbes today announced the final installment of 250 entrepreneurs on the Forbes Next 1000, a list of inspiring entrepreneurs and small business leaders—many from diverse, underrepresented communities—who are redefining what it means to build...
11/23/21 - Pepperdine Graziadio Business School's Most Fundable Companies of 2021
[STAND+] provides Smart PPE Footwear® for healthcare to better protect against exposure and spread of infectious diseases via antimicrobial, waterproof, easy-to-clean shoes with 24-hour comfort and support.
7/15/21 - From Red Carpets to Nursing Shoes
Before the pandemic, fashion designer and entrepreneur Rob Gregg was shoeing celebrities like Terrence Howard, Sterling Brown and Jason Derulo through his luxury Italian men’s brand, Rob McAllan. Then COVID-19...
7/6/21 - Luxury Shoe Designer Pivots to Footwear for Frontline Nurses
Rob Gregg, founder of the luxury footwear brand Rob McAllan, came up with the idea for his latest venture, STAND+ (Formerly Gales®), in the early days of the pandemic.
6/29/21 - STAND+ (Formerly Gales) Launches First Ever Smart PPE Footwear® for Nurses
For the first time ever, a shoe has been designed exclusively for the comfort and protection of nurses. New footwear brand, STAND+ (Formerly Gales®), has created the first line of...
1/19/21 - Meet the 11 Startups of Techstars Boulders' 2021 Class
STAND+ (Formerly Gales®) is on a mission to help protect frontline healthcare workers with their innovative anti-microbial, waterproof, and slip-resistant footwear.