Bare Kind in the news
From the BBC's Radio 4 to the Telegraph,
you can find us in a lot of places (and a lot more retailers for that matter)!
UEA's Innovation Awards
May 2022
The university that Lucy graduated from, University of East Anglia, holds an annual Innovation and Impact Ceremony (and awards)!
In 2022, we're pleased to announce that Lucy won UEA's Innovation and Impact Award for Graduate Enterprise.
The full ceremony can be replayed on YouTube here. Lucy accepts her award at 25 minutes into the recording!
Oxford Street Pop Up!
May 2023
We won an Adobe x Enterprise Nation competition that resulted in our debut on Oxford Street in May 2023.
Alongside 10 other businesses over the course of several days, we met with some of our London retail and wholesale customers, and spoke about everything animals and socks!
Read more about it here!
MyWeekly x Bare Kind Feature
September 2023
Bare Kind piques national interest in September of 2023 with womens' magazine, MyWeekly!
We're delighted to find that our bamboo animal socks are becoming popular across the nation. It's a pleasure to find that so many women gifting Bare Kind bamboo socks that save animals!
Shop the socks that make beautiful gifts for women here!
Finalist for Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2023
FSB Awards
We're delighted to have been among FSB's 2023 regional award winners. Lucy won the award for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Here's the full list;
Micro Business of the Year Award – Creative Nature
Business & Product Innovation Award – Be:Loved
Sustainability Award – Y.O.U Underwear
Exporter of the Year Award – Creative Nature
Larger Small Business of the Year Award – Oriel Square
Family Business of the Year Award – Hale Place Care Solutions
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Bare Kind
Start-Up Business of the Year Award – EchoMed
Service Excellence Award – First Tuition Reading
Community Award – DigiKind Ltd
Diversity & Inclusion Award – Attendable
Self-employed/Freelancer of the year Award – Interactive VA Ltd
Father's Day Gift Guide
Entertainment Now
We were featured in a gift guide written by Yasmin Turner! Alongside a number of other brands, our bamboo socks, specifically our ribbed range, landed into the Lifestyle guide here.
Getting your first 400 wholesale contacts
hosted by eCommerce MasterPlan
Lucy shares how Bare Kind grew to operate with a fully remote team, how the business hit it's first 6 figures, how she overcame financial troubles and scaled wholesale business with marketplaces. Hear the full podcast in 31 minutes on Spotify here!
The top 25 dream ways to make a living - from delis to dog hotels
The Mirror
The Mirror discusses various dream ways to make a living. Lucy Jeffrey exemplifies achieving success by quitting her corporate job to establish an eco-friendly bamboo sock business, Bare Kind, which has grown significantly and is now stocked by 1,000 UK retailers.
More than half of Brits are determined to make their dream businesses a reality
The Daily Star
The article by Daily Star discusses the aspirations of Britons to start their own businesses, with a focus on Lucy Jeffrey, who left her corporate banking job to establish an eco-friendly bamboo sock business called Bare Kind. Read more here.
Beat the Often Path
Spotify Podcast Feature
Lucy Jeffrey From Bare Kind
East London Radio on the Complaining Cow Consumer Show
Campus Founder Podcast
hosted by Benjamin Harvey
The Campus Founder Podcast, run by Benjamin Harvey, explores the journeys of exciting start-ups founded by students of any kind. Lucy features in an episode in April.
You can listen to it here!
The Financial Times
"Pandemic ignites quarter-life crises among young workers"
The Financial Times wrote an article about how Lucy experienced a 'quarter-life crisis' because her job wasn't fulfilling her. Well this crisis is the reason Bare Kind is here today! Read the article here.
(Sorry the article is only available to FT subscribers)
Eight in 10 Brits think communities would benefit from more local businesses
Express
Express's article discusses Brits' interest in starting local businesses, entrepreneurship dreams, and the success story of Lucy Jeffrey's eco-friendly bamboo sock business. Read more here.