Lululemon founder Chip Wilson criticized the company's "whole diversity and inclusion thing" in a recent interview. He claimed Lululemon is trying to appeal to everyone by being "everything to everybody," which he says goes against the definition of a brand. Wilson also criticized the models used in ads as looking "unhealthy" and "not inspirational." He left Lululemon in 2015 after controversial comments about some women's bodies not fitting the leggings well.
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00:02 Lululemon founder Chip Wilson criticized the company's whole diversity and inclusion thing
00:07 in a recent interview. He claimed Lululemon is trying to appeal to everyone by being everything
00:11 to everybody, which he says goes against the definition of a brand. Wilson also criticized
00:16 the models used in ads as looking unhealthy and not inspirational. He left Lululemon in
00:21 2015 after controversial comments about some women's bodies not fitting the leggings well.
00:26 Wilson, the founder of Lululemon, has made controversial statements linking birth control
00:30 pills to higher divorce rates and advocated in his book for work as an alternative to
00:34 schooling for some children in Asia. Lululemon distanced itself from Wilson's comments saying
00:38 he doesn't represent the company's views and emphasized its commitment to diversity and
00:42 progress made since launching inclusion initiatives. For all things money visit Benzinga.com