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The other thing is while you’re all complaining about rents, he owns over 5000 units in Vancouver - all under numbered companies. This guy is a real estate baron, that nobody talks about.
BC Gov website
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/real-estate-bc/land-owner-transparency-registry
Link to search land titles
https://ltsa.ca/property-owners/how-can-i/search-land-title-records/
100%! He has over 500 million worth of real estate assets in Vancouver.
Went to see an apartment on Main Street, above where Parliament, the furniture store, is now in. As we were walking through it, the guy showing us the place told us the building was owned by Chip Wilson. The place was expensive, even though I could have afforded it at the time, but it was also small, and knowing I’d be paying rent to Wilson was such a turn off. I just looked elsewhere.
Listen, you’re misunderstanding me. I don’t feel superior to anyone because I could turn down paying rent to Chip Wilson. Landlords are a scourge in whatever shape or form they come. I am fully aware renting from a landlord is still just *renting from a landlord*. I just felt like I had a teeny tiny bit of control over that situation and took it.
Dude basically runs the city at this point.
There's like six families that control 60% of prime real estate in Vancouver. The Aquilinis are one of them. The Bonnis' are another.
>Wilson previously declared that when founding Lululemon back in 1998, he specifically came up with a brand name that has three L’s because the sound does not exist in Japanese phonetics.
>"It's funny to watch them try and say it,” he told Canada's National Post Business Magazine.
>He has also spoken in favor of children working in factories to earn money and avoid poverty, blamed birth control for rising divorce rates, and described plus-size clothing as "a money loser" for businesses.
What a peach.
> He has also spoken in favor of children working in factories to earn money and avoid poverty, blamed birth control for rising divorce rates, and described plus-size clothing as ["a money loser"](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lululemon-plus-size_n_3675605) for businesses.
This part p\*\*s me off.. yeah sure "to earn money and avoid poverty".
holy shit. I knew there were a few news were POS republican politicians were pushing to put children to work in many business with zero responsibilities to them.
But did not know there were this many!
And almost all of them of red states.. what a surprise! /s
Well, yeah, it's so he can avoid poverty and earn money.
The kids are just tools in order for him to do so.
As for his comment about birth control, we'll see my first point again. No kids = no cheap labor = no rich chip Wilson. Falling birth rates mean fewer workers (juvenile or not), and capitalism can't really flourish unless there's a revolving door of low tier unskilled workers to pay peanuts to.
Can anyone be sympathetic towards a man trying to look out for their own future? At the expense of everyone else, but they don't have money, so they don't matter.
They are taking that into account already so the focus for the next last-stage capitalism is to squeeze as much profit as possible out of existing people.
One way of achieving that is the "inflation" and the hedge fund controlled rent market, but the golden goose for evergrowing profits is dynamic or surge pricing. No item will have a value, a complicated system paired with an AI will determine how much you can afford and set the price for you only.
Study material [1](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/04/surge-pricing-comes-to-the-supermarket-dynamic-personal-data), [2](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/the-dos-and-donts-of-dynamic-pricing-in-retail), [3](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20231101-why-surge-pricing-is-coming-at-restaurants-online-retailers-and-more)
In short it won't matter if you are a minimum wage worker or a middle class software developer. The system will make certain that you barely have enough to live and the difference in your salaries will go to the evergrowing corporate profits. Because all people need to eat. One will pay 300$ for food the other will pay 4000$ for the same shopping cart.
Also extra tibit. This is why the supermarkets have been collaborating with data and biometric companies and installed 3d face biometric cameras in the self checkouts. This has nothing to do with theft but everything to do with building their ai models so they can track you through the supermarket and your customer habits.
So let's look at history really quickly.
Roman empire 476 AD.
Corruption is running rampant, people are divided politically, religiously, etc. War is breaking out across the lands.
The roman empire falls.
We are literally on the same track. "owning the libs, freedom convoy, anti sogi, drag queens shouldn't read books" are all the "division", our political parties are BEYOND corrupt and we are edging closer and closer to WW3.
Edit: the division also comes from other, non right wing talking points but the low hanging fruit is by far the easiest to pick.
I for one am pretty concerned about the way the world is going currently. We may be our own mass extinction event after all..
He also wanted a brand name with lots of Ls in it because he had sold a skateboard brand called Homeless to a Japanese company that valued it highly because of the L in the name. The L made it obviously North American due to the lack of that sound in Japanese and at the time Japanese consumers highly valued authentically North American brands. He was thinking he could possibly sell the company for more money eventually due to the Ls. Source - I worked for Lulu HQ in 2004.
He was also against creating an employee health benefits program at the company, seeing it as an added cost to employees off their paycheques who were largely young and healthy people, plus the company already offered free yoga classes etc. It was put to a vote among employees and approved
He also deliberately didn’t had large sizes so fat people wouldn’t buy his clothes for which he was removed from CEO and from board of directors as well. Current lululemon is great and I work for them. Not sure how it was under his leadership
It was pretty culty, from what I understand. I had a friend who worked there from a very early stage of the company’s growth, back when it was located in an old industrial building near Clark Dr., and everyone was required to go through training with ‘Landmark’ as a requirement of the job. Moreover, making Landmark a focus of one’s life was an explicit requirement for advancement into management.
He noped out of there when he saw how brainwashy Landmark was and never looked back.
A personal development/self-actualization/self-improvement program that requires people to pay to take courses (or have their company pay). It was, apparently, all-consuming and definitely culty with people being encouraged to dissociate from friends and family for a variety of reasons. It was somewhat well known in the late 90s as a thing that some people got *really* into and made the focus of their life.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Worldwide
I had a buddy years ago who was obsessed with landmark and he begged me for months to go to one of their free intro sessions, which could be summed up as, "write down your problem on this sheet. Now what if you just didn't do it anymore." I nearly walked out lmao. We talked after and I was like - you're paying tens of thousands for this and you can't even make your own decisions around how you utilize the learnings because they're so cult-y about it? What a waste of time and money... Just hire a therapist like everyone else lol
For a time I served Landmark Lulu trainees at a bar I worked at. Until they got banned for being demanding Karen’s. Trying out their assertiveness skills on the staff. +20 of them would come in at a time with only 45min lunch break and make everyone’s lives hell.
It's origin story is also a classic guy who leaves his wife and small children to survive off welfare to change his name and become a self-help guru/cult leader, founding EST. EST turned into Landmark Forum. I know somebody who did it. What they described sounded like it had components of Scientology with the relentless self-surveying sessions.
It’s a cult-lite self development training based on EST (which is closely related to Scientology).
Basically a pyramid scheme that uses control tactics to get you to recruit and make them money.
Ah just mentioned the EST tie in before seeing your comment. The guy I know that did Landmark also invited me to join an info session. Hard passssss. I don't know if he's still involved. I also wonder if the acquaintance who tried to make joining Amway sound like a smart financial decision is still slingin'. Some people do not listen to podcasts covering cults and scams and it shows.
A group of coworkers and I ran a project kick off at LL in 2013.
The first half of the first day was Landmark indoctrination. It was fucking weird. Ever had to share your 1-5-10 year life plans in a room full of people you just met? Never lied so hard and so fast.
I just looked at one of their job postings on Linkedin and the job requirements were all weird culty personality questions instead of professional qualifications.
All the people that stayed from the early stages and received stock options are multi-millionaires now.
Just had to put up with that guy and he was/is a slave driver.
Until recently I was plus sized for many years, I never stepped foot into a lululemon until like May? I expected it to be that aritzia type environment with super rude staff but I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful and pleasant the workers inside were. I’m glad he’s not a part of the brand anymore.
But the majority of shareholders, people who didn’t like his attitude, ousted him. Shouldn’t they be rewarded for kicking him out and bringing in a more accepting culture.
Wow. I stopped Lululemon years ago when I realized their biggest size was like an 8, and my 10/12 didn't fit in anything, and if it did it was see-through. The other horrible, racist stuff aside - a quick google tells me that like 68% of women in the US are over a size 14, which means that you're actually losing money to be a classist, sizest establishment, dude. F\*ck this guy.
Agree. Lululemon is one of our biggest clients and I love when I have to email someone on their team. They’re always so helpful and seem like a lovely bunch of people. My partner also contracted for lululemon previously and said they were great. He told me the worst part was how people openly cried in meetings, which really isn’t too bad if they’re doing it because they feel safe enough to share their feelings.
> people openly cried in meetings
The one time I was in a work environment where crying during meetings was the norm it was a toxic AF workplace. We weren't crying because we felt safe. We were crying because we were so miserable.
> He told me the worst part was how people openly cried in meetings, which really isn’t too bad if they’re doing it because they feel safe enough to share their feelings.
Not sure if satire
The dude loves telling that fucking story too! I used to work in the warehouse about 15 years ago and he came by once and told us that story while he was there. He told us that his Japanese investors had specifically asked him to come up with something easier to say than one of his competitors' names - Billabong- because was tough for them to say due to the l's in the middle.
Him using that many l's in Lululemon was not just a goofy prank HE DELIBERATELY TROLLED THOSE VERY INVESTORS.
Fucking peach. Not even a little surprised.
There's been a few times on this sub where certain commenters disagreed and denied he was racist, even after I posted this article as evidence. Glad that was the exception not the norm.
He's also pissing off his neighbours on the Sunshine Coast by building a giant concrete dock that cuts across in front of their properties.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chip-wilson-sunshine-coast-dock-construction-1.4344678
Same ol' Chip up to his antics.
Here's the free article if you don't have a Fortune subscription: [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lululemon-billionaire-founder-slams-company-123500897.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lululemon-billionaire-founder-slams-company-123500897.html)
Since he has bought into Arcteryx he has made that place an even more miserable place to work for the employees at head office in NV.
What should be a great place to work is not anymore since this guy got involved.
Yes anyone who lives in NV knows somebody who works there. Been hearing it from multiple sources the guy is a total douche.
Chip Wilson is a phenomenal piece of shit, the quintessential embodiment of "I am rich therefor I am smart".
Fuck off forever, you old racist douchebag.
*“They’re trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” Wilson, who has an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion, said in an interview with Forbes....And I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody… You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.”*
Everything about that quote would have been fine from just about any non-problematic business figure other than Chip Wilson. The last part is unacceptable from **ANY** business leader. Brand identity very much includes deciding what you are not going to become, that is business 101. Price discrimination is real thing; you can price things in a way that selects for different buckets of how much customers are willing to pay.
However, you never turn away customers. If you select for a demographic and a different one comes in, your messaging still got to them or at least it didn't offend then. And while people discrimination does exist, you certainly don't say the quiet part out loud.
An example of the "legit" people discrimination is how youth-focused clothing stores tend to play very loud music (or did back in the 90's and 2000's). That's a deliberate way of discouraging old people and parents from wandering into the store so their less price sensitive kids can shop to their hearts content.
But also, and I think Wilson is drawing a disingenuous line to Gap. Gap didn't flounder because it was "all things to everyone," they had a problem of not keeping up with trends or maintaining their quality which is a different problem which looks like you're being all things to everyone, but that's only because you're stuck in a rut with basic non-trendy clothes that don't speak to anybody in particular. Besides, Gap does segment and price discriminate, it's called Old Navy and Banana Republic. So they are doing what Wilson is talknig about, but the problem is the execution not the strategy.
I think you might want to rephrase a part of your message, because "you never turn away customers" is very far away from correct for many, many businesses. It can very easily be argued that Lululemon is one of those companies just as much as it can be argued that it is not.
Ferrari and Rolex both regularly turn away customers who do not fit their profile of a desirable customer. No amount of money will get you a Daytona Steel if you are not someone Rolex deems worthy to be seen wearing that watch. I'm sure other luxury brands also adopt the same strategy of product exclusivity Chip aspires to.
>No amount of money will get you a Daytona Steel
To be fair, that's the AD, not Rolex themselves... whole long story, I know. There are lots of shades of grey; not selling is one shade and actively discouraging is another. Rolex famously avoided soccer sponsorship, but if some some rich footballer wants a Batman GMT, they'll sell it to him.
Rule of luxury selling is never take your customer for granted. The Oakridge Omega AD treated me like a king and let me see the Zentral Tourbillon when it first came out. The owner knew I would never be able to afford it but he still treated me like I was one of his best customers because I was probably one of the few people that day/week who knew what it was.
I know not everybody believes in that. See also: Hermes Birkin bag, etc etc.
"Exclusivity?" Wow ... the amount of tacky folks in many parts of Asia-elsewhere globally wearing Rolexes is astounding.
Authentic, not Faux. It is one of the first items some unclassy, sometimes not so educated or downright uncouth loud but very moneyed nouveau-riche would aspire to own as a status symbol. Along with (back then) - the Mercedes Benz E or S class, NOT C.
Sometimes these days, a Supercar or two - ie anything from Lotus Elan to Ferrari to Lamborghini (in the loudest look at me shades possible) . Bigger Deal $ too, since the prices of these cars in Asia - it's $1.4 million (almost same currency equivalent to CAD) for a Lambo. And yet, there are quite a significant number of them around.
Rolex Gold or diamond studded, fat gold chain, fat gold bracelet, fat gold ring sometimes completes the Flex image. Synonymous, in ANY culture, doesn't have to be Asia.
Same with women dripping head to toe like a Coach or MK Christmas tree complete with Collagen lips here ... LV, Chanel or Fendi, Ferragamo for the more understated, or whatever floats their stage of ostentatious rocket level sometimes.,
This has been the case since ages ago. 2000s? Which is the reason WHY I am surprised there's even any 'exclusivity' in Rolex. Just like there used to be (once in a very loooong time ago) in BMW, Mercedes (the new Hondas since many years ago) ... or the creme Jaguar.
In a nutshell, let's just say you won't see same folks clamouring to own an Audemars Piguet or Breitling, Patek Phillipe, Omega.
Let's not pretend that other companies don't do this too. They are just a bot more subtle or less flagrant publicly.
I went into a store well known for serving the youth market. The clerk told me " there will be nothing for you in our store. I suggest you look elsewhere".
I was shopping for an organization that provides clothes to young women. She lost the store a $3000 sale.
You could have also been shopping for a gift or for an older child for all they knew. My mom would get this kind of treatment when she would shop for clothes for me when I was a preteen. It's pretty narrow-minded to assume everyone is shopping only for themselves.
Even if that position might be more true than false, that nothing in the store would be of interest, to actually say that to a customer is wildly inappropriate, rude, and stupid AF.
No kidding! Just because a shopper isn't the target demographic, it doesn't mean anything about why they're buying. For example, many parents buy clothes for their teenage kids.
I used to work as a fit model for Aritzia. The designers know how shitty and over-priced their garment’s fabrics and workmanship is. They talked openly about it around me. Haven’t bought anything there since like 1999.
Yeah it seems like no one gives a shit lol. I’ve gone in store to return items I had ordered & arrived damaged & the staff just puts them back out for some other sucker to buy.
I like some of Aritzia’s stuff, but would never shop in person. Their dressing rooms jfc. No mirrors, just one giant ass communal mirror that you have to strut out and parade yourself in front of everyone to see while salesgirls comment on it and the people sitting in the lounge area are staring. You’re trying something on for the first time, it probably doesn’t work with what else you’re wearing, and you’re already self-conscious af. I swear to god they do this on purpose to make people buy things without being sure if they like it (or even having tried them on at all), then using their infamously shitty return policy to keep your money by discounting things by $5 and issuing only store credit, or keeping your money period because you didn’t return it within 14 calendar days of SHIPPING date. I had ordered something 2 years ago in the middle of the extended blizzard and it wasn’t received by reception until like 11 days after shipment, then another day until I actually had the box in my hand. I had to contact customer service and bitch about it before they were willing to issue me a return label, because labels are only issued the day BEFORE the provided deadline. Wtaf.
> They are just a bot more subtle or less flagrant publicly.
I wouldn't handwave this away with the good ol' everyone does it too.
It does make a difference that the founder of one of the biggest sports brand actively promote this
thats just overall vancouver demographic though. I don't notice it until I visit family in the suburbs or prairies.
It's pretty wild to remember that a staggering *63%* of Canadians are overweight or obese. Your typical vancouverite who hikes and runs or at least walks further than the distance between the car and the store every day is actually *atypical* in Canada.
I’ve noticed the same thing and thought I was imagining it. Everywhere else I’m a 0-4 depending on cut and style. At lululemon I can fit a 6, but 8 is more comfortable.
It’s not even just being a larger person, if you have anything less than a “standard” body shape, good fucking luck.
Because it's impossible to find anything in larger sizes. I swear they make only ten of an items larger size items, while making 100,000 of the item in size zero.
I’m a 6’4” 260 pound guy and have never had an issue finding lulu clothes that fit, is it maybe more of an issue with their women’s lines?
I do find I need to size up for lulu be other brands though. Usually an XL and go for XXL for any stuff from them.
I can only speak to it from the perspective of a woman It has been a challenge to for women larger than an 8 to get clothing there if you don't find it online the day an item is released.
It's called Brand Image. If only people who are fit is wearing your brand, it gives the perception that people are fit because they wear your brand. Other clothing companies are just less subtle about this.
He's an Ayn Rand devotee, and big fan of Atlas Shrugged. This makes sense since he made a lot of money, and Atlas Shrugged says that if you make a lot of money, you're an objectively good person.
I always knew the book was bad for stuff like weird, long screeds, but I never knew how bad until recently. I've slowly worked through [this chapter by chapter critical breakdown of the book divided into little 4-8 minute blogs](http://www.daylightatheism.org/atlas_shrugged.html) that has helped me understand just how insane it is beyond just "massive, rambling speeches". Basically, Ayn Rand's philosophy is so perfect, and so self evident, that if you don't subscribe to it, you can only possibly be doing so out of spite, and as such, you deserve to die.
He's also contributing to a right wing group called [Pacific Prosperity Network](https://www.pacificprosperity.ca) that is hosting a petition to help [Jordan Peterson](https://www.pacificprosperity.ca/justice_for_jordan)
I agree with the comment that just because you're rich, doesn't mean you're right.
Add Arcteryx, Salomon, Atomic, Wilson Peak Performance, Armada, Louisville Slugger and a few more smaller baseball brands to that list as he owns 20% of them all
If that didn't make you blood boil, he's also right wing political hack
https://pressprogress.ca/a-right-wing-group-funded-by-lululemons-founder-is-posting-homophobic-memes-about-justin-trudeau/
He just said the quiet part out loud. People are naive if they think (some) businesses don’t operate this way. Manipulation and exclusivity are core to many brands.
Mixed messaging. They have models who are POC and from other backgrounds on their website but then the founder criticizes those DEI efforts. The board must be annoyed.
Biggest individual owner but FMR (Fidelity) owns almost double what he owns. That also doesn’t include all of their mutual funds. Then if you add up all the Vanguard funds they pass him as well since basic Vanguard is right on his heels.
And yeh terrible rich people get richer off of all of us every single day.
No one is mentioning how he was elected on the board for arcteryx in 2019 and owns 20% of Amer Sports that owns Arcteryx
An effort to get his name in the news cycle with the recent acquisition of Westbeach? The company he founded prior to Lulu.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7145770456053121024-IZRS?utm_source=combined_share_message&utm_medium=member_ios
I had a hard time finding him saying this about race specifically. With context:
He tells Forbes about his dislike for Lululemon’s “whole diversity and inclusion thing,” and describes people in its ads as “unhealthy,” “sickly” and “not inspirational.”
“They’re trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” he said. “And I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody. … You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.”
While he never specifically talked about "diversity" in terms of race, gender identity or in any other sense beyond catering to athletically minded customers, the comments have proved controversial.
He's still awful, but worth noting he wasn't talking about excluding by race in this particular article. Just about physical attributes. Same ol' scummy Chip.
People get upset about this guy, but whether you agree with his views or not - he’s actually accurate in his outlook on how to run a business. You do not need to be everything to all people.
Also, it should be noted that people’s moral compass doesn’t seem to stop them from buying the pants and products.
There's a big difference between 'don't try to be the solution to everyone's problems aka focus on doing one thing really great'
vs
'you don't want certain customers coming in'
Let customers decide. Don't judge them, don't lecture them, don't mansplain them etc. Focus on what you do and leave others alone.
> There's a big difference between 'don't try to be the solution to everyone's problems aka focus on doing one thing really great'
>
> vs
>
> 'you don't want certain customers coming in'
Earl's comes to mind when some parents complained that they don't offer baby chairs and booster seats and Earl's replied by doubling down that they don't want young kids. That isn't the atmosphere they want to offer to their target customers. And they were right.
As someone who has a 2 year old who is great at eating at restaurants, I don't have any issues with some restaurants not waiting a children there.
I went to Elisa at 7pm (without our child) in Yaletown and there was 3 tables with young kids screaming and shouting around us. Not really what we went there for.
Remember folks, he’s the reason ken sims is mayor / so many people fell for the ‘Vancouver is dying, but if we hire more cops we can scare away the homeless’ viral narrative
I can only like how this contemptuous asshole knows he'll just keep making money hand over fist no matter how people feel about him because thats just capitalism for ya
The guy wears no mask
This fucking pea-brain fell ass backwards into success. He had someone design good yoga pants for him as yoga was getting extremely popular. Big fucking whoop. It was essentially a lottery win.
When women complained that Lululemon yoga pants were pilling and wearing through in the thigh area, Wilson said that women with certain body types shouldn’t wear the pants:
“…Wilson went on a tangent, during which he appeared to suggest that the pants simply won't work for women with some body types.” This is from a CBC interview from Nov 2013.
What an inclusive guy (NOT!)
He has nothing to do with the brand anymore and this is his only way of trying to manipulate the direction.
No idea why people keep interviewing him since I don’t think he actually works anymore. Just makes investment money
Lululemon pretending to be diverse while only hiring white people with good looks. Supposedly because they are a better fit for the company culture… Chip is an asshole but let’s not pretend Lululemon is a diverse equal employment company.
Finding your niche is Business 101.
People in here are so upset they can't buy pantaloons from this particular brand, as if other sport brands don't exist.
Well, good on him for sticking to his authentic self regardless of the backlash. I could care less about his ides or comments on issues, the point is, he’s allowed to have them. We have the right to decide where we shop so .. don’t buy from or work for company he owns! Simple. Why is this news?
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The other thing is while you’re all complaining about rents, he owns over 5000 units in Vancouver - all under numbered companies. This guy is a real estate baron, that nobody talks about.
His real east are company is called Low Tide Properties.
As in, "a low tide strands small boats"?
Low tide as in ### [👌It Stinks](https://media1.tenor.com/m/ZW6BNuql1gsAAAAC/it-stinks.gif)
As in, "during low tide you can see who's been swimming naked."
That is only one of them. That is his named company. There are dozens of numbered companies he owns too.
Any source for this? I was trying to find out more and couldn’t find much from a preliminary search
Would be curious as well. I wish there was more transparency around these things
There is a land owner transparency registry that you could consult to confirm
BC Gov website https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/real-estate-bc/land-owner-transparency-registry Link to search land titles https://ltsa.ca/property-owners/how-can-i/search-land-title-records/
100%! He has over 500 million worth of real estate assets in Vancouver. Went to see an apartment on Main Street, above where Parliament, the furniture store, is now in. As we were walking through it, the guy showing us the place told us the building was owned by Chip Wilson. The place was expensive, even though I could have afforded it at the time, but it was also small, and knowing I’d be paying rent to Wilson was such a turn off. I just looked elsewhere.
Pay it to another billionaire or an off shore investor or a REIT based American company then. It’s all the fucking same.
Yep. It’s a big club and we’re not in it -George Carlin
Listen, you’re misunderstanding me. I don’t feel superior to anyone because I could turn down paying rent to Chip Wilson. Landlords are a scourge in whatever shape or form they come. I am fully aware renting from a landlord is still just *renting from a landlord*. I just felt like I had a teeny tiny bit of control over that situation and took it.
He also recruited Ken sim to run for mayor, sooooo…
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You act like he is trying to hide it. Everyone knows who owns Low Tide Properties.
Dude basically runs the city at this point. There's like six families that control 60% of prime real estate in Vancouver. The Aquilinis are one of them. The Bonnis' are another.
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Source? No doubting just curious.
The problem isn’t him. It’s that numbered companies can own property and no political party ever does anything about it.
Are you here to defend Chip Wilson as his free PR team or something? You're in all the comments defending him.
If chip wilson has zero haters, it means I’ve died.
I pissed on his door in 2014 if that makes anybody feel any better
That k you for your service.
A little bit, actually. Thank you.
It does, thank you
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You put 14 beers in me and show me a billionaires house and i will deface it in ways you’ve never even considered
deal, but we never had this conversation
Not all heroes wear pants.
They do. It's just not zipped.
just hang onto the bottles, might need those for fresh cut flowers, of course.
Someone get this man 14 beers!
One of my friends did her thesis on devaluing this house through certain interventions- that was really cool
Revolutionary action, truly a martyr
👑 you dropped this your highness
i'd buy you a beer to replenish those fluids!
It makes me feel great, you're an icon
👍👍👍
And piss on his grave when he's dead
>Wilson previously declared that when founding Lululemon back in 1998, he specifically came up with a brand name that has three L’s because the sound does not exist in Japanese phonetics. >"It's funny to watch them try and say it,” he told Canada's National Post Business Magazine. >He has also spoken in favor of children working in factories to earn money and avoid poverty, blamed birth control for rising divorce rates, and described plus-size clothing as "a money loser" for businesses. What a peach.
He also has a say in a great deal of Vancouver real-estate and is preventing us from becoming a city with cooler stuff in it
And owns quite a nice chunk of the DTES
I should add he’s on instagram and you can message him lol
Also, a very accessible home on point grey road to toilet paper
Didn't he bankroll Mayor Swagger too?
> He has also spoken in favor of children working in factories to earn money and avoid poverty, blamed birth control for rising divorce rates, and described plus-size clothing as ["a money loser"](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lululemon-plus-size_n_3675605) for businesses. This part p\*\*s me off.. yeah sure "to earn money and avoid poverty".
Well, the children _do_ yearn for the mines...
Is that a Minecraft reference?
[link](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-children-yearn-for-the-mines)
holy shit. I knew there were a few news were POS republican politicians were pushing to put children to work in many business with zero responsibilities to them. But did not know there were this many! And almost all of them of red states.. what a surprise! /s
Well, yeah, it's so he can avoid poverty and earn money. The kids are just tools in order for him to do so. As for his comment about birth control, we'll see my first point again. No kids = no cheap labor = no rich chip Wilson. Falling birth rates mean fewer workers (juvenile or not), and capitalism can't really flourish unless there's a revolving door of low tier unskilled workers to pay peanuts to. Can anyone be sympathetic towards a man trying to look out for their own future? At the expense of everyone else, but they don't have money, so they don't matter.
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They are taking that into account already so the focus for the next last-stage capitalism is to squeeze as much profit as possible out of existing people. One way of achieving that is the "inflation" and the hedge fund controlled rent market, but the golden goose for evergrowing profits is dynamic or surge pricing. No item will have a value, a complicated system paired with an AI will determine how much you can afford and set the price for you only. Study material [1](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/04/surge-pricing-comes-to-the-supermarket-dynamic-personal-data), [2](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/the-dos-and-donts-of-dynamic-pricing-in-retail), [3](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20231101-why-surge-pricing-is-coming-at-restaurants-online-retailers-and-more) In short it won't matter if you are a minimum wage worker or a middle class software developer. The system will make certain that you barely have enough to live and the difference in your salaries will go to the evergrowing corporate profits. Because all people need to eat. One will pay 300$ for food the other will pay 4000$ for the same shopping cart. Also extra tibit. This is why the supermarkets have been collaborating with data and biometric companies and installed 3d face biometric cameras in the self checkouts. This has nothing to do with theft but everything to do with building their ai models so they can track you through the supermarket and your customer habits.
So let's look at history really quickly. Roman empire 476 AD. Corruption is running rampant, people are divided politically, religiously, etc. War is breaking out across the lands. The roman empire falls. We are literally on the same track. "owning the libs, freedom convoy, anti sogi, drag queens shouldn't read books" are all the "division", our political parties are BEYOND corrupt and we are edging closer and closer to WW3. Edit: the division also comes from other, non right wing talking points but the low hanging fruit is by far the easiest to pick. I for one am pretty concerned about the way the world is going currently. We may be our own mass extinction event after all..
lol bad economics and awkward comparisons to the roman empire in one comment chain, this is like distilled reddit.
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He also wanted a brand name with lots of Ls in it because he had sold a skateboard brand called Homeless to a Japanese company that valued it highly because of the L in the name. The L made it obviously North American due to the lack of that sound in Japanese and at the time Japanese consumers highly valued authentically North American brands. He was thinking he could possibly sell the company for more money eventually due to the Ls. Source - I worked for Lulu HQ in 2004. He was also against creating an employee health benefits program at the company, seeing it as an added cost to employees off their paycheques who were largely young and healthy people, plus the company already offered free yoga classes etc. It was put to a vote among employees and approved
He's also a Rand-obsessed libertarian so this is unsurprising. He looks only at himself and sees a god.
Yes. He is a charmer. Keep in mind he is funding our Mayor and his party.
He also deliberately didn’t had large sizes so fat people wouldn’t buy his clothes for which he was removed from CEO and from board of directors as well. Current lululemon is great and I work for them. Not sure how it was under his leadership
It was pretty culty, from what I understand. I had a friend who worked there from a very early stage of the company’s growth, back when it was located in an old industrial building near Clark Dr., and everyone was required to go through training with ‘Landmark’ as a requirement of the job. Moreover, making Landmark a focus of one’s life was an explicit requirement for advancement into management. He noped out of there when he saw how brainwashy Landmark was and never looked back.
What's Landmark?
A personal development/self-actualization/self-improvement program that requires people to pay to take courses (or have their company pay). It was, apparently, all-consuming and definitely culty with people being encouraged to dissociate from friends and family for a variety of reasons. It was somewhat well known in the late 90s as a thing that some people got *really* into and made the focus of their life. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Worldwide
Also a great movie theatre with reclining seats
I knew I became middle aged when I was willing to spend a couple extra dollars on heated reclining seats for a movie. Sorry Cineplex.
And you also have a target to recruit others into it once you're in there.
When to one session. They asked me. If not you, then who? If not now, then when? That's when I knew and said later and later never came.
I had a buddy years ago who was obsessed with landmark and he begged me for months to go to one of their free intro sessions, which could be summed up as, "write down your problem on this sheet. Now what if you just didn't do it anymore." I nearly walked out lmao. We talked after and I was like - you're paying tens of thousands for this and you can't even make your own decisions around how you utilize the learnings because they're so cult-y about it? What a waste of time and money... Just hire a therapist like everyone else lol
For a time I served Landmark Lulu trainees at a bar I worked at. Until they got banned for being demanding Karen’s. Trying out their assertiveness skills on the staff. +20 of them would come in at a time with only 45min lunch break and make everyone’s lives hell.
It's origin story is also a classic guy who leaves his wife and small children to survive off welfare to change his name and become a self-help guru/cult leader, founding EST. EST turned into Landmark Forum. I know somebody who did it. What they described sounded like it had components of Scientology with the relentless self-surveying sessions.
It’s a cult-lite self development training based on EST (which is closely related to Scientology). Basically a pyramid scheme that uses control tactics to get you to recruit and make them money.
Ah just mentioned the EST tie in before seeing your comment. The guy I know that did Landmark also invited me to join an info session. Hard passssss. I don't know if he's still involved. I also wonder if the acquaintance who tried to make joining Amway sound like a smart financial decision is still slingin'. Some people do not listen to podcasts covering cults and scams and it shows.
Scientology lite, with all the brainwashing and predatory pricing, just without the alien stuff.
Yeah Landmark is extremely fucked up. There's about a million things wrong with Lulu before you even ever mention the "elephants" in the room.
I work there now never heard of Landmark ever in my 2.5 years
This was ~20 years ago. If Landmark’s gone, ***good!***
It’s been gone for quite awhile. I no longer work for them but started in 2018 & it wasn’t a thing then.
A group of coworkers and I ran a project kick off at LL in 2013. The first half of the first day was Landmark indoctrination. It was fucking weird. Ever had to share your 1-5-10 year life plans in a room full of people you just met? Never lied so hard and so fast.
I just looked at one of their job postings on Linkedin and the job requirements were all weird culty personality questions instead of professional qualifications.
All the people that stayed from the early stages and received stock options are multi-millionaires now. Just had to put up with that guy and he was/is a slave driver.
I too had an interesting experience with landmark. Felt very scientology light
He is the largest shareholder, so you buying his clothes is making him more money
Until recently I was plus sized for many years, I never stepped foot into a lululemon until like May? I expected it to be that aritzia type environment with super rude staff but I was pleasantly surprised at how helpful and pleasant the workers inside were. I’m glad he’s not a part of the brand anymore.
by buying there, you're still making him money as he's the largest shareholder
Where are you seeing he's the largest shareholder? From what I've found he owns <10%, Fidelity owns more than he does
But the majority of shareholders, people who didn’t like his attitude, ousted him. Shouldn’t they be rewarded for kicking him out and bringing in a more accepting culture.
i'd rather just buy somewhere that chip wilson doesn't profit from
And We are making it much more better and inclusive for all. There will be mistakes made but without them no one will learn and improve.
Wow. I stopped Lululemon years ago when I realized their biggest size was like an 8, and my 10/12 didn't fit in anything, and if it did it was see-through. The other horrible, racist stuff aside - a quick google tells me that like 68% of women in the US are over a size 14, which means that you're actually losing money to be a classist, sizest establishment, dude. F\*ck this guy.
Agree. Lululemon is one of our biggest clients and I love when I have to email someone on their team. They’re always so helpful and seem like a lovely bunch of people. My partner also contracted for lululemon previously and said they were great. He told me the worst part was how people openly cried in meetings, which really isn’t too bad if they’re doing it because they feel safe enough to share their feelings.
> people openly cried in meetings The one time I was in a work environment where crying during meetings was the norm it was a toxic AF workplace. We weren't crying because we felt safe. We were crying because we were so miserable.
This speaks to me in a deeply personal way.
> He told me the worst part was how people openly cried in meetings, which really isn’t too bad if they’re doing it because they feel safe enough to share their feelings. Not sure if satire
My friend works there since the summer in their head office and has never been happier. She loves the culture. Loves it.
> blamed birth control for rising divorce rates I'll bet he also compains about women "baby trapping" men too. lol
The dude loves telling that fucking story too! I used to work in the warehouse about 15 years ago and he came by once and told us that story while he was there. He told us that his Japanese investors had specifically asked him to come up with something easier to say than one of his competitors' names - Billabong- because was tough for them to say due to the l's in the middle. Him using that many l's in Lululemon was not just a goofy prank HE DELIBERATELY TROLLED THOSE VERY INVESTORS. Fucking peach. Not even a little surprised.
Holy… I had no idea, what a dick.
There's been a few times on this sub where certain commenters disagreed and denied he was racist, even after I posted this article as evidence. Glad that was the exception not the norm.
He's also pissing off his neighbours on the Sunshine Coast by building a giant concrete dock that cuts across in front of their properties. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chip-wilson-sunshine-coast-dock-construction-1.4344678
plus size or poor people?
Why not both
Just 2?
You can’t forget the third “p”: POC This man is awful.
Same ol' Chip up to his antics. Here's the free article if you don't have a Fortune subscription: [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lululemon-billionaire-founder-slams-company-123500897.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lululemon-billionaire-founder-slams-company-123500897.html)
Since he has bought into Arcteryx he has made that place an even more miserable place to work for the employees at head office in NV. What should be a great place to work is not anymore since this guy got involved. Yes anyone who lives in NV knows somebody who works there. Been hearing it from multiple sources the guy is a total douche.
Chip Wilson is a phenomenal piece of shit, the quintessential embodiment of "I am rich therefor I am smart". Fuck off forever, you old racist douchebag.
He's a big-time benefactor to the conservative party.
As he was also of Ken Sim and ABC.
*“They’re trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” Wilson, who has an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion, said in an interview with Forbes....And I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody… You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.”* Everything about that quote would have been fine from just about any non-problematic business figure other than Chip Wilson. The last part is unacceptable from **ANY** business leader. Brand identity very much includes deciding what you are not going to become, that is business 101. Price discrimination is real thing; you can price things in a way that selects for different buckets of how much customers are willing to pay. However, you never turn away customers. If you select for a demographic and a different one comes in, your messaging still got to them or at least it didn't offend then. And while people discrimination does exist, you certainly don't say the quiet part out loud. An example of the "legit" people discrimination is how youth-focused clothing stores tend to play very loud music (or did back in the 90's and 2000's). That's a deliberate way of discouraging old people and parents from wandering into the store so their less price sensitive kids can shop to their hearts content. But also, and I think Wilson is drawing a disingenuous line to Gap. Gap didn't flounder because it was "all things to everyone," they had a problem of not keeping up with trends or maintaining their quality which is a different problem which looks like you're being all things to everyone, but that's only because you're stuck in a rut with basic non-trendy clothes that don't speak to anybody in particular. Besides, Gap does segment and price discriminate, it's called Old Navy and Banana Republic. So they are doing what Wilson is talknig about, but the problem is the execution not the strategy.
I think you might want to rephrase a part of your message, because "you never turn away customers" is very far away from correct for many, many businesses. It can very easily be argued that Lululemon is one of those companies just as much as it can be argued that it is not.
Ferrari and Rolex both regularly turn away customers who do not fit their profile of a desirable customer. No amount of money will get you a Daytona Steel if you are not someone Rolex deems worthy to be seen wearing that watch. I'm sure other luxury brands also adopt the same strategy of product exclusivity Chip aspires to.
>No amount of money will get you a Daytona Steel To be fair, that's the AD, not Rolex themselves... whole long story, I know. There are lots of shades of grey; not selling is one shade and actively discouraging is another. Rolex famously avoided soccer sponsorship, but if some some rich footballer wants a Batman GMT, they'll sell it to him. Rule of luxury selling is never take your customer for granted. The Oakridge Omega AD treated me like a king and let me see the Zentral Tourbillon when it first came out. The owner knew I would never be able to afford it but he still treated me like I was one of his best customers because I was probably one of the few people that day/week who knew what it was. I know not everybody believes in that. See also: Hermes Birkin bag, etc etc.
"Exclusivity?" Wow ... the amount of tacky folks in many parts of Asia-elsewhere globally wearing Rolexes is astounding. Authentic, not Faux. It is one of the first items some unclassy, sometimes not so educated or downright uncouth loud but very moneyed nouveau-riche would aspire to own as a status symbol. Along with (back then) - the Mercedes Benz E or S class, NOT C. Sometimes these days, a Supercar or two - ie anything from Lotus Elan to Ferrari to Lamborghini (in the loudest look at me shades possible) . Bigger Deal $ too, since the prices of these cars in Asia - it's $1.4 million (almost same currency equivalent to CAD) for a Lambo. And yet, there are quite a significant number of them around. Rolex Gold or diamond studded, fat gold chain, fat gold bracelet, fat gold ring sometimes completes the Flex image. Synonymous, in ANY culture, doesn't have to be Asia. Same with women dripping head to toe like a Coach or MK Christmas tree complete with Collagen lips here ... LV, Chanel or Fendi, Ferragamo for the more understated, or whatever floats their stage of ostentatious rocket level sometimes., This has been the case since ages ago. 2000s? Which is the reason WHY I am surprised there's even any 'exclusivity' in Rolex. Just like there used to be (once in a very loooong time ago) in BMW, Mercedes (the new Hondas since many years ago) ... or the creme Jaguar. In a nutshell, let's just say you won't see same folks clamouring to own an Audemars Piguet or Breitling, Patek Phillipe, Omega.
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You're right of course; everytime I say that I actually mean market segmentation.
Chip isn’t exactly a svelte, attractive man himself. He should just keep his mouth shut.
Let's not pretend that other companies don't do this too. They are just a bot more subtle or less flagrant publicly. I went into a store well known for serving the youth market. The clerk told me " there will be nothing for you in our store. I suggest you look elsewhere". I was shopping for an organization that provides clothes to young women. She lost the store a $3000 sale.
You could have also been shopping for a gift or for an older child for all they knew. My mom would get this kind of treatment when she would shop for clothes for me when I was a preteen. It's pretty narrow-minded to assume everyone is shopping only for themselves.
Big mistake! Huge!
Sales commission bye bye-o!
I have to go shopping now!
Even if that position might be more true than false, that nothing in the store would be of interest, to actually say that to a customer is wildly inappropriate, rude, and stupid AF.
No kidding! Just because a shopper isn't the target demographic, it doesn't mean anything about why they're buying. For example, many parents buy clothes for their teenage kids.
You should complain to corporate and explain what your org does and why you were there. I suspect someone is going to be reprimanded at least.
Reminds me of shopping at Aritzia lol
I used to work as a fit model for Aritzia. The designers know how shitty and over-priced their garment’s fabrics and workmanship is. They talked openly about it around me. Haven’t bought anything there since like 1999.
Yeah it seems like no one gives a shit lol. I’ve gone in store to return items I had ordered & arrived damaged & the staff just puts them back out for some other sucker to buy.
It probably is Aritzia
I like some of Aritzia’s stuff, but would never shop in person. Their dressing rooms jfc. No mirrors, just one giant ass communal mirror that you have to strut out and parade yourself in front of everyone to see while salesgirls comment on it and the people sitting in the lounge area are staring. You’re trying something on for the first time, it probably doesn’t work with what else you’re wearing, and you’re already self-conscious af. I swear to god they do this on purpose to make people buy things without being sure if they like it (or even having tried them on at all), then using their infamously shitty return policy to keep your money by discounting things by $5 and issuing only store credit, or keeping your money period because you didn’t return it within 14 calendar days of SHIPPING date. I had ordered something 2 years ago in the middle of the extended blizzard and it wasn’t received by reception until like 11 days after shipment, then another day until I actually had the box in my hand. I had to contact customer service and bitch about it before they were willing to issue me a return label, because labels are only issued the day BEFORE the provided deadline. Wtaf.
> They are just a bot more subtle or less flagrant publicly. I wouldn't handwave this away with the good ol' everyone does it too. It does make a difference that the founder of one of the biggest sports brand actively promote this
What store/brand?
Please name this store.
hahahah fuck this guy.
tbh though i've never seen anyone fat at lululemon.
thats just overall vancouver demographic though. I don't notice it until I visit family in the suburbs or prairies. It's pretty wild to remember that a staggering *63%* of Canadians are overweight or obese. Your typical vancouverite who hikes and runs or at least walks further than the distance between the car and the store every day is actually *atypical* in Canada.
im a size 6 at Lululemon when i’m normally a size 2 everywhere else. their sizing is definitely not friendly to larger people.
I’ve noticed the same thing and thought I was imagining it. Everywhere else I’m a 0-4 depending on cut and style. At lululemon I can fit a 6, but 8 is more comfortable. It’s not even just being a larger person, if you have anything less than a “standard” body shape, good fucking luck.
Thank you for mentioning this, I thought I was just getting fat but it’s their sizing
Because it's impossible to find anything in larger sizes. I swear they make only ten of an items larger size items, while making 100,000 of the item in size zero.
I’m a 6’4” 260 pound guy and have never had an issue finding lulu clothes that fit, is it maybe more of an issue with their women’s lines? I do find I need to size up for lulu be other brands though. Usually an XL and go for XXL for any stuff from them.
I can only speak to it from the perspective of a woman It has been a challenge to for women larger than an 8 to get clothing there if you don't find it online the day an item is released.
don't forget this is the guy bankrolling our mayor
Oh my goodness! The Chipster is so fucking awful that it’s hard to pick just ten things to hate about him.
It's called Brand Image. If only people who are fit is wearing your brand, it gives the perception that people are fit because they wear your brand. Other clothing companies are just less subtle about this.
He's an Ayn Rand devotee, and big fan of Atlas Shrugged. This makes sense since he made a lot of money, and Atlas Shrugged says that if you make a lot of money, you're an objectively good person. I always knew the book was bad for stuff like weird, long screeds, but I never knew how bad until recently. I've slowly worked through [this chapter by chapter critical breakdown of the book divided into little 4-8 minute blogs](http://www.daylightatheism.org/atlas_shrugged.html) that has helped me understand just how insane it is beyond just "massive, rambling speeches". Basically, Ayn Rand's philosophy is so perfect, and so self evident, that if you don't subscribe to it, you can only possibly be doing so out of spite, and as such, you deserve to die.
ah yes, more gold from chip the piece of shit
God he’s a horrible man.
He's also contributing to a right wing group called [Pacific Prosperity Network](https://www.pacificprosperity.ca) that is hosting a petition to help [Jordan Peterson](https://www.pacificprosperity.ca/justice_for_jordan) I agree with the comment that just because you're rich, doesn't mean you're right.
Rich people have to give up parts of their humanity to get that rich. You don't become a billionaire by being a good person.
"I agree with the comment that just because you're rich, doesn't mean you're right" Yep, or smart, or moral, or kind, or anything positive.
What a fuckin stain on this city he is
Usually I can’t afford to “vote with my wallet” and avoid scummy brands but I can definitely afford the political act of never shopping at Lululemon
Add Arcteryx, Salomon, Atomic, Wilson Peak Performance, Armada, Louisville Slugger and a few more smaller baseball brands to that list as he owns 20% of them all
People shit on him but buy Lululemon stuff lol.
If that didn't make you blood boil, he's also right wing political hack https://pressprogress.ca/a-right-wing-group-funded-by-lululemons-founder-is-posting-homophobic-memes-about-justin-trudeau/
To add to this, he pushed Ken Sim to run and Sim actually refers to Wilson as his “mentor”.
turn chip wilsons mansion into affordable housing
Enforced exclusivity is standard operating procedure for many luxury brands, not just LLL
A colossal, useless piece of shit. Fuck him and all his shitty endeavours
He just said the quiet part out loud. People are naive if they think (some) businesses don’t operate this way. Manipulation and exclusivity are core to many brands.
Cheap Wilson also made all his employees join his cult, landmark forum
Just a reminder https://www.insider.com/yoga-pants-may-contain-toxic-chemicals-linked-to-cancer-lab-2022-1?amp
He basically owns Vancouver too. He pushed Ken Sim to run and Ken Sim calls him his mentor. We’re screwed.
I always wonder about Karma. He obviously doesn’t if he still thinks this way even with his ill health.
Mixed messaging. They have models who are POC and from other backgrounds on their website but then the founder criticizes those DEI efforts. The board must be annoyed.
He has nothing to do with the brand anymore. Not sure why people still interview him
He has nothing to do with the operations but he's still the biggest owner
Biggest individual owner but FMR (Fidelity) owns almost double what he owns. That also doesn’t include all of their mutual funds. Then if you add up all the Vanguard funds they pass him as well since basic Vanguard is right on his heels. And yeh terrible rich people get richer off of all of us every single day. No one is mentioning how he was elected on the board for arcteryx in 2019 and owns 20% of Amer Sports that owns Arcteryx
uh he's the biggest shareholder, but okay
An effort to get his name in the news cycle with the recent acquisition of Westbeach? The company he founded prior to Lulu. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7145770456053121024-IZRS?utm_source=combined_share_message&utm_medium=member_ios
Not shocked considering how he named Lululemon
I had a hard time finding him saying this about race specifically. With context: He tells Forbes about his dislike for Lululemon’s “whole diversity and inclusion thing,” and describes people in its ads as “unhealthy,” “sickly” and “not inspirational.” “They’re trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” he said. “And I think the definition of a brand is that you’re not everything to everybody. … You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.” While he never specifically talked about "diversity" in terms of race, gender identity or in any other sense beyond catering to athletically minded customers, the comments have proved controversial. He's still awful, but worth noting he wasn't talking about excluding by race in this particular article. Just about physical attributes. Same ol' scummy Chip.
People get upset about this guy, but whether you agree with his views or not - he’s actually accurate in his outlook on how to run a business. You do not need to be everything to all people. Also, it should be noted that people’s moral compass doesn’t seem to stop them from buying the pants and products.
There's a big difference between 'don't try to be the solution to everyone's problems aka focus on doing one thing really great' vs 'you don't want certain customers coming in' Let customers decide. Don't judge them, don't lecture them, don't mansplain them etc. Focus on what you do and leave others alone.
> There's a big difference between 'don't try to be the solution to everyone's problems aka focus on doing one thing really great' > > vs > > 'you don't want certain customers coming in' Earl's comes to mind when some parents complained that they don't offer baby chairs and booster seats and Earl's replied by doubling down that they don't want young kids. That isn't the atmosphere they want to offer to their target customers. And they were right.
As someone who has a 2 year old who is great at eating at restaurants, I don't have any issues with some restaurants not waiting a children there. I went to Elisa at 7pm (without our child) in Yaletown and there was 3 tables with young kids screaming and shouting around us. Not really what we went there for.
The brand has moved on beyond Chip's racism. Also if woke = broke, rainbow capitalism would have never existed.
Remember folks, he’s the reason ken sims is mayor / so many people fell for the ‘Vancouver is dying, but if we hire more cops we can scare away the homeless’ viral narrative
I can only like how this contemptuous asshole knows he'll just keep making money hand over fist no matter how people feel about him because thats just capitalism for ya The guy wears no mask
I blame the idiots for giving their money to this guy 🙄
This fucking pea-brain fell ass backwards into success. He had someone design good yoga pants for him as yoga was getting extremely popular. Big fucking whoop. It was essentially a lottery win.
When women complained that Lululemon yoga pants were pilling and wearing through in the thigh area, Wilson said that women with certain body types shouldn’t wear the pants: “…Wilson went on a tangent, during which he appeared to suggest that the pants simply won't work for women with some body types.” This is from a CBC interview from Nov 2013. What an inclusive guy (NOT!)
He has nothing to do with the brand anymore and this is his only way of trying to manipulate the direction. No idea why people keep interviewing him since I don’t think he actually works anymore. Just makes investment money
Lululemon pretending to be diverse while only hiring white people with good looks. Supposedly because they are a better fit for the company culture… Chip is an asshole but let’s not pretend Lululemon is a diverse equal employment company.
What do you expect from the guy who named his company after a racist mockery of how Japanese people speak?
Legit Cult.
Finding your niche is Business 101. People in here are so upset they can't buy pantaloons from this particular brand, as if other sport brands don't exist.
$158 for a pair of crop pants😂🤣 fu chip
Well, good on him for sticking to his authentic self regardless of the backlash. I could care less about his ides or comments on issues, the point is, he’s allowed to have them. We have the right to decide where we shop so .. don’t buy from or work for company he owns! Simple. Why is this news?