Comments on: Why American Apparel is Excited About Valencia Street http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lynae http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3924 Lynae Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:50:27 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3924 @zomg: Actually, the owner of Retro Fit said that they didn’t need an AA on Valencia precisely because he and several other stores on the street already sell AA garments.

]]> By: zomg http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3923 zomg Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:07:37 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3923 Didn’t someone from Retro Fit testify they used locally made products? ie things that employed people here?

]]> By: Clapback. http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3922 Clapback. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:16:26 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3922 Again, the thing is that several stores with condemning posters in their windows sell merchandise printed on AA garments. See Lost Weekend, Retro Fit, et al. Hypocrisy is a bitch.

]]> By: Old-school hipsters vs. neo-Hipsters; community independent businesses vs. progressive chain store…it’s The Mission vs. American Apparel. | elephant journal http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3921 Old-school hipsters vs. neo-Hipsters; community independent businesses vs. progressive chain store…it’s The Mission vs. American Apparel. | elephant journal Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:59:48 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3921 [...] do progressive, successful American Apparel and old-school Valencia Street have to do with one another? Nothing much, hopes the Mission [...]

]]> By: mattarmstrong http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3920 mattarmstrong Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:45:46 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3920 Yep, it’s a real quote. Charney is reliably quotable. This is just one of many examples:

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=3253

]]> By: Eric http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3919 Eric Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:15:53 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3919 @mattarmstrong — is that a real quote? Because I would compare AA quite favorably to Starbucks. If their CEO does not, that’s sad.

Maybe they shouldn’t be in our area.

]]> By: mark http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3918 mark Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:57:39 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3918 he said none of their locations were accessible by public transportation at all. i honestly thought they’d do a better job than that. that guy was a joke.

]]> By: Alex http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3917 Alex Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:12:10 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3917 Um what

since when is union square not near bart

what a jackass

]]> By: zomg http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3916 zomg Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:02:05 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3916 The Berkeley location isn’t near BART?

]]> By: mattarmstrong http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/05/why-american-apparel-is-excited-about-valencia-street/#comment-3915 mattarmstrong Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:00:44 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2604#comment-3915 American Apparel CEO Dov Charney:

“We want to improve the T-shirt industry in the way that Starbucks has improved the coffee industry. You might find Starbucks to be predatory in their business practices, but let’s face it, they provide Americans with better coffee. Not only by the coffee that they serve but by breaking their competition to get there.”

Yep, sounds like the kind of company that wants to contribute to the local community!

http://againstamericanapparel.wordpress.com/

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