Comments on: Behind The Label: The Lululemon Manifesto https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: 4tomic https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/#comment-64353 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:10:30 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=135758#comment-64353 I think a few things need to be stated in defense of lululemon. (a) Chip Wilson is not Lululemon. The company is a mass of many employees and their customers, and while Chip may have founded it and laid some of its early ethos, a company is not its founder. He may personally advocate a neutral stance around child labor, however Lulu won’t be touching child labor ever and its employees/customers wouldn’t allow it. (b) Of course any ultra-business savy competitive entrepreneur is going to lean right… Do you think the founders and CEOs at corps like Nike, UnderArmor, or Victoria’s Secret are putting their support into worthier or more humane causes? I’ve worked a lot with start-ups and if you think his views are out-there, let me tell you that I’d call him quite moderate for his crowd. (Just so you know where I stand; I’m a progressive and a huge fan of Chomsky).

Honestly, I can think of two athletic retail companies that I would rate higher than Lulu in terms of ethics; the first is Patagonia (a fucking fantastic clothing company) and the second is MEC. I’m sure there are others, but I don’t know personally know them.

I don’t mind you calling out Lulu, but by not framing them fairly, you also encourage surrender to brands like Walmart or Nike which do far greater harm.

]]> By: heather https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/#comment-46682 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:20:20 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=135758#comment-46682 How is it that encouraging people to be great is now looked at as evil? No wonder the world is fallinag apart.

]]> By: The Tofu https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/#comment-46244 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:05:17 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=135758#comment-46244 “We all know how that turned out.”

Uh, yeah. We dramatically expanded social programs and stayed in a Depression for a decade. Good grief.

]]> By: Gorgelous » Archive » Say Cheese! Witchcraft, Winemaking and Cowhide https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/#comment-46217 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:43:26 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=135758#comment-46217 […] EcoSalon ~ Investigating the Ethics of Lululemon Athletica […]

]]> By: Lindsey https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/#comment-46037 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:37:21 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=135758#comment-46037 Check out this article from Huffington Post. The company seems really, really evil from what I can tell…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-j-lawrence/when-yogis-kill-the-grisl_b_1077457.html

]]> By: ali https://ecosalon.com/behind-the-label-the-lululemon-manifesto/#comment-46009 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:04:59 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=135758#comment-46009 oh please.

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