Wednesday, May 15, 2013

North Face History

The North Face company first started on a beach in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood in 1966, something that everyone would not expect. The person who created the business is Douglas Tompkins, who first created an equipment retail store that eventually lead to the modern day The North Face. Also the place was at an altitude of only 150 feet above sea level and created by tow hikers who followed their passion of founding a mountaineering retail store. But the name North Face was not given to the business until two years later. In 1968, a little shop became known as The North Face, a retailer of high-performance climbing and backpacking equipment. During this time, there were more North Face’s forming around the San Francisco Bay.



http://seavoices.com/people-a-m/doug-tompkins/
"Doug Tompkins – Co-Founder of The North Face and Espirit, Ecologist." Sea Voices. Cardin Communications, 2013. Web. 10 May 2013.

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