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F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
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. [4] Patagonia operates stores in more than 10 countries globally, [5] [6] as well as factories in 16 countries. [7]
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Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 census. [5] Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village named Péta Lúuma that was located on the banks of the Petaluma River.
The way it goes is, an inspector was walking through a clothing factory in Bangladesh and noticed that it had three fire extinguishers on the wall, one right on top of the other. He asked why, and the manager of the factory told him, “We get audited under three different standards, and they each require us to have a fire extinguisher a ...
Clothestime was an American discount women's apparel retailer which originally found success in the junior clothing market. Founded by Raymond DeAngelo and John Ortega II in 1974, [1] [2] at its peak, the chain had more than 500 locations across the United States.
PETA is an animal rights organization that opposes speciesism, and the abuse of animals in any way, such as for food, clothing, entertainment, or research. [ 4 ] In 2020, PETA's website claimed they had 6.5 million supporters, [ 4 ] and received donations of $49 million for 2019.
A glacier that fills a valley is called a valley glacier, or alternatively, an alpine glacier or mountain glacier. [14] A large body of glacial ice astride a mountain, mountain range, or volcano is termed an ice cap or ice field. [15] Ice caps have an area less than 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi) by definition.