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Each marker describes a reviewed evidence or catalogue outcome; it is not a quality, ethics, or impact rating.
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Price position
Evidence details
Accessible, based on 1359 current CAD-priced products across 11 comparable categories. Compared with similar product categories.
Price position: 2/5 · Medium confidence
From 1 (budget) to 5 (luxury) within comparable categories. 0 means the price position is unmeasured.
Environmental source review
Evidence details
Roots identifies organic and recycled materials in core collections. The reviewed page does not give an assortment-wide percentage.
Documented environmental actions: 1/5 · Medium confidence
From 1 to 5 by the breadth of documented actions. 0 is an evidence gap, not a measured environmental impact.
Canadian production
Evidence details
Roots maintains a current collection specifically identified as Made in Canada.
Canadian production scope: 4/5 · Medium confidence
Documented scope: 0 unknown, 1 foreign manufacture, 2 item-dependent, 3 some Canadian products, 4 named Canadian collection, 5 all reviewed scope. No production percentage is inferred.
Manufacturing disclosure depth
Evidence details
Roots publishes a factory list, Vendor Code of Conduct and modern-slavery report. Its supply-chain page labels the manufacturing map as October 2023.
Disclosure depth: 4/4 · Medium confidence
From 1 (product details) to 4 (formal reporting). 0 means no comparable disclosure was established.
Size range
Evidence details
Trendsly reviewed the current catalogue for Roots, but did not observe normalized selectable size options in a comparable apparel, footwear, intimates, or kids’ scope. This is not a fit or inclusivity score.
The first marker records an evidence gap; it does not mean a specialized range or rate size inclusivity.
Observed size range: 0/5 · Low confidence
From 1 (specialized) to 5 (extended), based on comparable observed sizes. 0 means the range is unmeasured.
Verified facts
The Roots story
Michael Budman and Don Green met at summer camp in Algonquin Park, then turned their love of Canada’s wilderness into Roots and its first Toronto store in 1973.
Manufacturing evidence
Specific collection made in Canada
Roots maintains a current collection specifically identified as Made in Canada.
- Reviewed scope
- Only products in Roots' current Made in Canada collection.
Sources and review
Evidence last reviewed
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