Patagonia sold itself as a workplace nirvana. But as sales slow, the brand is hunkering down and cutting jobs.

There's a pretty widespread movement, especially among more environmentally focused companies, against Black Friday. I've ...

The billionaire founder of the outdoor fashion brand Patagonia has given away his company to a charitable trust. Yvon Chouinard said any profit not reinvested in running the business would go to ...

Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. VENTURA, CA. Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder/owner, photographed in the tin shed, the original ... [+] Chouinard Equipment blacksmith shop ...

Patagonia's move to dedicate its profits ... Just over two years ago, founder Yvon Chouinard and his family announced that they were giving away their ownership of the outdoor clothing brand ...

Exclusive: “Patagonia is in business to save our home planet.” In an exclusive interview, founder Yvon Chouinard talks about how the new mission will reshape how the company does business.

Yvon Chouinard, who led Patagonia for 50 years, is now 84 years old. He and his family decided on the new business structure and cash giveaway as he stepped back from being in the company's ...

Patagonia partnered with Malden Mills in Los Angeles (now Polartec) to develop a soft, double-faced, synthetic fabric that did not pill. “It took them a while to get it right,” writes Nick Paumgarten, ...

Whether or not Patagonia’s recent move will have a ... its environmental impacts with the social good it carries out. Yvon Chouinard, his wife and their two adult children have given the company ...

To answer that, you’d have to know about Patagonia’s ethos. Founder, Yvon Chouinard, learned how to rappel in 1953 due to his love of falconry, which lead to rock climbing, followed by an ...