Lululemon Athletica - Fashion Company Profile
lululemon is the Vancouver-born technical athletic apparel company founded by Chip Wilson in 1998 - begun as a design studio by day and yoga studio by night, a standalone Kitsilano store from November 2000, and today a Nasdaq-listed (LULU) retailer for yoga, running, training and more.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - a technical athletic apparel, footwear and accessories retailer selling through its own stores and website worldwide
- Type
- Public - lululemon athletica inc., listed on Nasdaq (LULU)
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 1998, by Chip Wilson, in Vancouver, Canada
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Company Profile
Current products are on the lululemon website, linked above; the shop box covers lululemon products sold through Amazon and eBay. The company still designs from Vancouver and still builds product development around feedback from guests, ambassadors and elite athletes. The earlier record - the 1998 founding, the November 2000 West 4th Avenue store and the community-hub vision for that store - is kept in full on the history page.
The founding is unusually specific. Founded by Chip Wilson in Vancouver, Canada in 1998, lululemon began as a yoga-inspired, technical athletic apparel company for women and men. What started as a design studio by day and yoga studio by night soon became a standalone store in November of 2000, on West 4th Avenue in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood. A design studio that teaches the activity it designs for hears its customers' complaints in real time - the dual use was a product-development system disguised as a quirky beginning, and the record's later emphasis on guest and ambassador feedback is that same system grown up.
Lululemon Athletica History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Lululemon Athletica History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who founded lululemon, and when?
Chip Wilson founded lululemon in Vancouver, Canada in 1998; its first standalone store opened in November 2000 on West 4th Avenue in the Kitsilano neighbourhood.
Is lululemon a public company?
Yes. lululemon athletica inc. is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker LULU, and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
What does lululemon sell?
Technical athletic apparel, footwear and accessories for yoga, running, training and most other activities, for women and men.
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