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[โ€“] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

All products made in China unfortunately.

[โ€“] FelixCress@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

That's unfair, some are made in India. Must diversify.

[โ€“] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, and I'm not comfortable with promoting fast-fashion brands, as they are not sustainable.

[โ€“] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Direct Alpin, Montane, La Sportiva among others are not.

[โ€“] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Southeast asia, yeah.

[โ€“] kewko@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What is this based on? A lot of these are HQd and owned by American entities. I understand the intention, but in globalised world starting point of a brand is hardly relevant

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not just that but many are public companies with shareholders all around the world.

[โ€“] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 13 points 2 weeks ago

If you really want to represent Europe, you could wear Lidl clothes:

A photo of some Lidl brand shoes and Lidl brand socks.

Or just buy Adidas stuff I guess, whatever you prefer.

[โ€“] jhulten@infosec.pub 13 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta look at who owns the companies as well. A German company owned by a Swiss holding company that is 60% owned by BlackRock is still American.

[โ€“] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I find it funny that New Yorker is not murican

[โ€“] lnxtx@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, but it's not called Yorker, right? If it was, it would be funny it's not British.

[โ€“] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Decathlon use forced labour and children in order to increase their margins: https://disclose.ngo/en/article/decathlon-revelations-on-a-champion-of-exploitation

[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wibra and Zeeman, aka Zebra.

[โ€“] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

... the label printer company or something else?

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like Footlocker and Claire's are on the boycott list now!

[โ€“] Krok_Gazon@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The North Face / Patagonia will be the most difficult for me to avoid, do you have alternatives ?

[โ€“] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Fjรคllraven is a Swedish brand with a Swiss parent company.
Their stuff is pricey but quite durable.

[โ€“] blinfabian@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Krok_Gazon@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Adidas is not really comparable to those brands

[โ€“] blinfabian@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

is it not just sport clothing brands?

[โ€“] Krok_Gazon@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

These are trekking brands, while Adidas is more of a sports and streetwear brand. Trekking brands have many more constraints (durability, quality, ecology, ...) that other brands donโ€™t have.

[โ€“] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is cool, well done. Didn't know intersport is swiss, that feels like it's everywhere.

[โ€“] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone know of any bookshops?

I used to use Blackwells but they've bought recently by Waterstones who are owned by American venture capital.

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago