At Redwood Classics Apparel, our dedication to sustainability and conscious consumption guides our policies, including our decision not to offer refunds or exchanges. As a small business, we are acutely aware of the environmental and economic impacts of returns and exchanges. The retail industry faces significant losses due to inefficiencies in handling returns, estimated at $50 billion annually. This is compounded by over 10 billion unnecessary shipments yearly, leading to avoidable environmental costs. By not accepting returns or exchanges, we aim to reduce this waste and encourage more thoughtful purchasing decisions. We understand this policy requires our customers to be more deliberate in shopping. That's why we provide detailed sizing charts and comprehensive product descriptions to help you make the...
“I don’t believe sustainability is a goal - it’s a journey.” Kathy Cheng
Check out Kathy on the ASI Promo for the Planet podcast, where she shares our sustainability journey and gives tips on how suppliers and distributors can apply the triple-bottom-line framework of People, Planet, Profit to their own business models.
Time for a quick experiment. Get up, walk to your closet and read the labels on every piece of clothing you own. Chances are, made-in-Canada pieces comprise no more than 20 percent of your wardrobe and likely even less than that.
Thank you to Chatelaine for covering this important topic in their print edition, and for including Kathy Cheng and Redwood Classics.
You can read the full article here: https://www.chatelaine.com/style/fashion/made-in-canada-clothing/
Kathy Cheng, Ashley Chan and PJ Tang from Redwood Classics Apparel, Jasmin Bollman from Misfit Marketing Consultancy and Katie Motta from Shift Circular join PromoKitchen Chefs, Johanna Gottlieb and Kate Plummer to dive deeper into the launch of Redwood Classics' made-in-Canada 10-year Impact Report.
They cover what it means to be sustainable, what a circular economy is, why women led businesses are important, and dive deeper into their work and advocacy.
Listen to the PromoKitchen podcast here: https://www.promokitchen.org/podcasts/redwood-impact-report
Read about Redwood Classics' Impact Report here: https://bit.ly/2QfRilt
Redwood Classics Apparel Launches New Sustainable Customization Program The made-in-Canada apparel maker incorporates innovation and sustainability into creating one-of-a-kind revolutionary customized Earth Hoody TORONTO, ONTARIO [MARCH 15, 2021] - Redwood Classics Apparel, a Toronto-based premium clothing solutions provider is proud to announce the launch of its innovative and sustainable customization product called Earth Hoody. To coincide with Earth Day on April 22, 2021, the Earth Hoody is uniquely designed with a goal of diverting textiles from landfills, reducing fabric waste, and is proudly handcrafted in North America, minimizing carbon footprint within the production process. This revolutionary customization product, Earth Hoody, takes an individual’s worn denim and combines it with the company’s much loved in-stock style, Banff Hoody, to create something completely...
