Patagonia, Inc.
American clothing retailer
Summary
Patagonia, Inc. is an American retailer of outdoor recreation clothing, equipment, and food. It was founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973 and is based in Ventura, California. Patagonia operates stores in over ten countries, and factories in sixteen countries.
Originally created by BSNMBA2B
8/8/2006, 7:19:20 AM
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/* History */ Expanding lawsuit with updated sources and clarifying info
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1357431548|1357431548]] by [[Special:Contributions/Magnolia677|Magnolia677]] ([[User talk:Magnolia677|talk]]) Eh, I disagree, this has gotten widespread coverage in reliable sources including the NYTimes, NBC, Guardian, LA Times, etc. I think a brief mention is [[WP:DUE]]
Companies file thousands of lawsuits like this; Wikipedia is a not a collection of trivial lawsuits
pattie gonia lawsuit
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This is not an accurate summary of the source, which describes how the fashion industry in general was trying to get rid of PFAS from raincoats
not due for lead
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/* History */ Short and sweet to avoid recentism, apply [[WP:10YEARTEST]].
Reverted edits by [[Special:Contribs/13scott|13scott]] ([[User talk:13scott|talk]]): unexplained/poorly explained removal of content ([[:en:WP:WikiShield|WS]])
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Moved the forced labor portion that was in the intro to this section
Moving the forced labour part out of the intro in inline to the history
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1356887169|1356887169]] by [[Special:Contributions/Magnolia677|Magnolia677]] ([[User talk:Magnolia677|talk]]) given the amount of ongoing coverage over multiple months, and giving that consensus has established this lawsuit on Patie Gonia's page, this is worth keeping
/* History */ Trivial. Corporate lawsuits happen all the time. Wikipedia reports on the outcome of lawsuits.
Reverting possible vandalism by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-31991-11|~2026-31991-11]] to version by Likeanechointheforest. [[WP:CBFP|Report False Positive?]] Thanks, [[WP:CBNG|ClueBot NG]]. (4518959) (Bot)
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