[View the story "Lululemon Recall All The Talk Online " on Storify ]Lululemon Recall All The Talk Online See through pants pulled -- no joke for stock price Storified by Graham Richardson · Tue, Mar 19 2013 12:13:13
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They've always been tight and that's fine for Canadian retail darling Lululemon. But see through "sheer" pants that compromised quality prompted the company to do a massive recall. As the news spread worldwide, the company's stock took a hit.
Lululemon supplier says recalled yoga pants made to specs - Yahoo ...4 hours ago ... From Yahoo! News: By Yimou Lee and Euan Rocha HONG KONG/TORONTO ( Reuters) - The Taiwanese supplier behind the see-throu...
As Lululemon recalls too-sheer black yoga pants, its stock sinks ...2 hours ago ... Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s problem isn't just that a batch of its black yoga pants were made too sheer and had ...
Immediately the jokes started to fly on Twitter and other social media sites.
85% of Canadian men are strongly opposed to the Lululemon recallStats Canada
And it wasn't just men:
I think it's pretty safe to assume it was one of you dudes who designed those Lululemon yoga pants.Katie Lawhatever
So glad Lululemon recalled those see-through pants because that's the last thing I want to worry about when I'm doing everything but yoga.Quinn Katherman
Don't pull the sheer yoga pants. Just rebrand them Trans-lulu-cent™. #lululemonkatie ainsworth
Remember these pants are extraordinarily expensive -- some selling for as much as $150 retail. This recall affects more than 17% of their women's pants. The company says they should all be pulled from shelves by the weekend. Today's CTV Ottawa Quickpoll attached.