A Brief History of People Tree
1991 - Global Village, an environmental campaigning NGO, was founded in Japan by Safia Minney
1995 - Fair Trade Company KK incorporated in Japan as a limited company
1997 - Fair Trade and ecological fashion line is launched in Japan
1998 - Flagship store opens in Tokyo
2001 - People Tree launches in UK
2004 - People Tree UK wholesales to Europe
2005 - People Tree Japan launch the first 'prototype franchise' store in Tokyo
2006 - People Tree launch Fair Trade on the UK high street with a concession in Topshop's flagship Oxford Circus store in London
