Lululemon Athletica is a premium yoga and sportswear clothing company founded in 1998 in Vancouver, BC that has grown to over 100 stores worldwide by 2008. It went public in 2007 and had a market value of $1.89 billion within its first week of trading. The document discusses Lululemon's expansion into Great Britain as the company seeks to capitalize on its success and further growth in other markets like the US and Australia.