Exterior of The Cause Collection boutique. Image via Instagram profile of Cause Collection founder Cheryl Najafi

Exterior of The Cause Collection boutique. Image via Instagram profile of Cause Collection founder Cheryl Najafi

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The Cause Collection To West 3rd Street

Nordstrom Inc. made an impact with its Treasure & Bond brand. It donates 2.5 percent of net sales to nonprofit organizations for youth.

A new Los Angeles bricks-and-mortar store also plans to be part of give-back retail. The Cause Collection brand opened a shop last month at 8222 W. 3rd St., in between Los Angeles Beverly Center and The Grove retail centers. Previously The Cause Collection was a pure-play digital retail story, and continues to be found at www.thecausecollection.com

The Cause Collection offers contemporary women’s styles, and donates proceeds to non-profits such as GLSEN, which advocates for LGBTQ students, Healthy Housing Foundation, which provides housing units at an affordable cost to low-income people and ACLU SoCal.