{"id":379103,"date":"2014-05-09T12:15:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T17:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=379103"},"modified":"2018-12-30T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T18:45:04","slug":"vibram-settles-class-action-lawsuit-regarding-fivefingers-running-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/vibram-settles-class-action-lawsuit-regarding-fivefingers-running-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibram Settles Class Action Lawsuit Regarding FiveFingers Running Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many of the major sneaker brands design their latest running shoes around the natural feeling of running barefoot, <a href=\"\/tag\/vibram\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vibram<\/a> took the trend literally by creating the <strong>FiveFingers<\/strong> silhouette that is truly shaped like a foot. The company based its product on the idea that the molded model produced health benefits from its uninhibited design, but that is exactly the reason why they entered a recent lawsuit. <em>Valerie Bezdek<\/em> argued that Vibram made false and unsubstantiated claims about the fitness advantages, and has now earned a settlement with the company. Now, valid class members who bought a pair of FiveFingers will be refunded a percentage of their purchase, and Vibram has agreed to discontinue making any claims that the glove-like footwear strengthens muscles or reduces foot injuries. Have you ever tried a pair? Give us your review in the feedback space below, and keep <strong>Snkrs Day<\/strong> streaming for all of your footwear news and information.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runnersworld.com\/general-interest\/vibram-agrees-to-settle-class-action-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\">Runner&#8217;s World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lead image via Vibram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many of the major sneaker brands design their latest running shoes around the natural feeling of running barefoot, Vibram took the trend literally by creating the FiveFingers silhouette that is truly shaped like a foot. The company based its product on the idea that the molded model produced health benefits from its uninhibited design, but that is exactly the reason why they entered a recent lawsuit. Valerie Bezdek argued that Vibram made false and unsubstantiated claims about the fitness advantages, and has now earned a settlement with the company. Now, valid class members who bought a pair of FiveFingers will be refunded a percentage of their purchase, and Vibram has agreed to discontinue making any claims that the glove-like footwear strengthens muscles or reduces foot injuries. Have you ever tried a pair? Give us your review in the feedback space below, and keep Snkrs Day streaming for all of your footwear news and information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":379105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vibram Settles Class Action Lawsuit Regarding FiveFingers Running Shoes | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Vibram Settles Class Action Lawsuit Regarding FiveFingers Running Shoes shoes. 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