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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Adidas is not really comparable to those brands

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is it not just sport clothing brands?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week 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 don’t have.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I find it funny that New Yorker is not murican

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wibra and Zeeman, aka Zebra.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

... the label printer company or something else?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

All products made in China unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Southeast asia, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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