Talk:Patagonia (clothing)
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This page is atrocious. It consists of maybe 4 facts interspersed with blanket statements, none of which are cited. "[Patagonia] is considered a socially-responsible company". By whom? 140.180.129.44 17:48, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wal-Mart relationship
Regarding the random edit by 75.128.174.1 adding the link to the Fortune article and questioning the "seemingly strange relationship with Wal-Mart"---think about it. Patagonia is such a small fish in the ocean and has relatively low environmental impact even if it is does work extremely hard to minimize it. The only way to actually make a difference is to influence larger corporations like Wal-Mart, helping them realize some of the sustainable methods and goals that Patagonia pioneered. By converting a small fraction of its cotton supply to organic, Wal-Mart has already surpassed all of Patagonia's efforts (and Patagonia uses organic cotton exclusively). So, rather than a "suspicious" relationship from working with Wal-Mart, a company with such a "bad rep" from those who normally support Patagonia I think Patagonia has a commendable relationship with them and is doing the right thing. What other company cares more about the actual real big picture than their petty business or image? Is it so hard to break out of your closed-minded assumptions and realize that? (End POV)
That said I agree this article is extremely biased and pretty bad. It needs lots of work, and adding biased questioning statements attached to links is not a way to do that. Reverting. trisweb (Talk) 16:42, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Patagonia logo color.JPG
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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:05, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
This entry needs much more content. Talk about bare bones!
Nwjerseyliz (talk) 15:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
