New Yorker controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
Back to profile3 entries
2021
Fashion-transparency criticism
Fashion Revolution's 2021 Fashion Transparency Index reportedly gave New Yorker a score of zero percent for public disclosure, while Good On You assigned the brand its lowest overall rating and criticized its limited disclosure of environmental and social impacts.
2017
Paradise Papers reporting involving Friedrich Knapp
Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that owner Friedrich Knapp was mentioned in the Paradise Papers in relation to correspondence concerning a Cayman Islands aircraft-leasing company. The reporting described German tax considerations; the supplied material does not state that New Yorker itself was found liable for wrongdoing.
2015
Allegations concerning works council formation
Frankfurter Rundschau reported allegations that New Yorker attempted to prevent the establishment of works councils. The reported case involved an Offenbach store transferred into a separate subsidiary after a works council was formed, followed by liquidation of that subsidiary.